Systemic Sarcoidosis Unmasked by Cushing's Disease Surgical Treatment

Diseases responsive to glucocorticoids, like sarcoidosis, are rarely masked by Cushing's syndrome. An ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma is a possible cause of Cushing's syndrome and its resection can make a subclinical sarcoidosis clear. Only few cases of sarcoidosis following the treatment...

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Autores principales: Bongetta, Daniele, Zoia, Cesare, Lombardi, Francesco, Lovati, Elisabetta, Lucotti, Pietro, Gaetani, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6405840
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Sumario:Diseases responsive to glucocorticoids, like sarcoidosis, are rarely masked by Cushing's syndrome. An ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma is a possible cause of Cushing's syndrome and its resection can make a subclinical sarcoidosis clear. Only few cases of sarcoidosis following the treatment of hypercortisolism are reported in literature. We report a case of sarcoidosis after the resection of an ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma.

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