Cushing's Syndrome Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bronstein, Marcello D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Σειρά: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Oncology.; Neurosurgery.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Cushing´s syndrome is a relatively rare clinical disorder that is associated with many co-morbidities such as systemic hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, impaired immune function and growth impairment in children, all of which severely reduce quality of life and life expectancy. Cushing’s Syndrom...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Physiology and Pathophysiology of the HPA axis
• Etiologies of Cushing´s syndrome
• Pathogenesis of corticotropic tumors
• Pathogenesis of adrenocortical tumors
• Clinical features of Cushing´s syndrome
• Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s Syndrome: Differential diagnosis with pseudo-Cushing´s conditions as obesity, alcoholism and depression
• Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: Differential diagnosis among the different causes of ACTH-dependent and ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome
• Imaging for the differential diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: MRI, CT and isotopic scanning
• Inferior petrosal sampling for the differential diagnosis of ACTH dependent Cushing´s syndrome
• ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: Treatment of Cushing´s disease
• Treatment of Cushings Syndrome: Surgical Treatment
• Adrenal-Directed Treatment Options for Cushing’s Disease
• Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cushing’s Disease
• Medical Management of Cushing’s syndrome
• ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: Clinical and diagnostic aspects, and treatment approaches for ectopic Cushing´s syndrome
• Revisiting the Nelson’s syndrome: Corticotroph Tumor Progression after bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing’s disease
• ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Adrenocortical tumors
• ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Bilateral macronodular hyperplasia
• ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease in the context of Carney´s complex
• Glucocorticoid Resistance
• Post-operative replacement and assessment of HPA axis recovery in Cushing’s syndrome
• Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Pregnancy
• Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Childhood
• Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Cyclic Cushing´s syndrome.