Síndrome de Cushing: problemas de diagnóstico y tratamiento en 27 casos / Cushing syndrome: diagnosis and treatment in 27 patients
Rev. méd. Chile
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118(9): 979-87, sept. 1990. tab
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Problems of diagnosis and treatment were analyzed in 27 patients with Cushing syndrome (25 confirmed by anatomic findings) followed for a mean fo 50 months. The etiology was Cushing disease in 14 (52%), suprarenal tumor in 9 (33%) and ectopic secretion of ACTH in 4(15%). Determination of plasma cortisol levels at 4PM or 11 PM was a highly sensitive test for the presence of this syndrome (100%). High resolution computed tomography was considerably more effective than conventional X ray studies of the sella in patients with Cushing disease (42 vs 20%. Treatment has been totally effective in all patients with bening suprarenal lesions. Cure was obtrained in 64% of patients with pituitary lesions and 0% of patients with Cushing syndrome associated to malignancy
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Main subject:
Cushing Syndrome
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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