A case of cushing’s syndrome due to bilateral cortisol-secreting adenomas with unilateral dheas oversecretion

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-288

  Monno, Satoshi ^a   Tachikawa, Takamitsu ^a   Maekawa, Takashi ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b  

^a Chibanishi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cushing s syndrome; Cytochrome P450; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; AMLODIPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; NIFEDIPINE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTISOL SECRETING ADRENAL ADENOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOON FACE; SCALP HAIR; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; COMPLICATION; SECRETION (PROCESS); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926167807     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ14-0552     Document Type: Article

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