Cushing's disease: Pituitary surgery versus adrenalectomy

Omayma, El Shafie; Fatma B., Abid; Nayal, Al Kindy; Dilip, Sankhla; Nicholas J., Woodhouse

Omayma, El Shafie; Fatma B., Abid; Nayal, Al Kindy; Dilip, Sankhla; Nicholas J., Woodhouse.

SQUMJ-Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2008; 8 (2): 211-214

in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-90414

ABSTRACT

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We describe two patients of the Department of Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, with Cushing's disease. Their magnetic resonance imaging scans of the pituitary were negative. One patient was treated by transsphenoidal surgery and the other by bilateral endoscopic adrenalectomy. Both procedures were successful and the patients cured. The advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches are discussed

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Humans; Male; Female; Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion/surgery; Adrenalectomy/methods; Pituitary Gland/surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Endoscopy/methods; ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma/surgery

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Index: IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean) Main subject: Pituitary Gland / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Adrenalectomy / Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion / Endoscopy / ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma Type of study: Case report Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Sultan Qaboos Univ. Med. J. Year: 2008

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