Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy

Nelson's syndrome refers to a clinical spectrum arising from progressive enlargement of pituitary adenoma and elevated adrenocorticotrophic hormone after total bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease comprising of hyperpigmentation, visual field defects which can be life threatening....

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Autores principales: Gundgurthi, Abhay, Kharb, Sandeep, Garg, M. K., Brar, K. S., Bharwaj, Reena, Pathak, H. C., Gill, Maneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381895
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.122643
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author Gundgurthi, Abhay
Kharb, Sandeep
Garg, M. K.
Brar, K. S.
Bharwaj, Reena
Pathak, H. C.
Gill, Maneet
author_facet Gundgurthi, Abhay
Kharb, Sandeep
Garg, M. K.
Brar, K. S.
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description Nelson's syndrome refers to a clinical spectrum arising from progressive enlargement of pituitary adenoma and elevated adrenocorticotrophic hormone after total bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease comprising of hyperpigmentation, visual field defects which can be life threatening. We report here a 50-year male presenting with rapid onset of Nelson's syndrome with an unusual finding of bilateral oculomotor palsy mistakenly treated as ocular myasthenia.
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spelling pubmed-38726962013-12-31 Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy Gundgurthi, Abhay Kharb, Sandeep Garg, M. K. Brar, K. S. Bharwaj, Reena Pathak, H. C. Gill, Maneet Indian J Endocrinol Metab Case Report Nelson's syndrome refers to a clinical spectrum arising from progressive enlargement of pituitary adenoma and elevated adrenocorticotrophic hormone after total bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease comprising of hyperpigmentation, visual field defects which can be life threatening. We report here a 50-year male presenting with rapid onset of Nelson's syndrome with an unusual finding of bilateral oculomotor palsy mistakenly treated as ocular myasthenia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3872696/ /pubmed/24381895 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.122643 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kharb, Sandeep
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Bharwaj, Reena
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Gill, Maneet
Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy
title Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy
title_full Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy
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title_full_unstemmed Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy
title_short Nelson's syndrome presenting as bilateral oculomotor palsy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872696/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.122643
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