ALLMedicine™ Acth-secreting Pituitary Adenoma Center

Feb 24th, 2023 - Ectopic pituitary adenoma (EPA) is defined as a special type of pituitary adenoma that originates outside of the sellar region, is extra- or intra-cranially located, and without connection to normal pituitary tissue. EPA is extremely rare, with mo...

Jul 7th, 2021 - Primary resection of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenoma has become a front-line standard-of-care treatment for Cushing disease. However, surgical intervention can be challenging because of elevated blood pressure, as we...

Jan 24th, 2021 - Cushing disease (CD), or hypercortisolemia secondary to an adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting (ACTH-secreting) pituitary adenoma, is the most common etiology of noniatrogenic Cushing syndrome.1 The diagnostic algorithm employed in the patient w...

Jan 10th, 2021 - Hypercortisolism has detrimental effects on bone metabolism with the consequences of bone loss and bone fractures. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of vertebral fragility fractures and to determine the factors associated with Cushing's syndrome ...

Apr 19th, 2020 - Nail hyperpigmentation in ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma (Cushing's disease) and its resolution after successful trans-sphenoidal excision.|2020|Sandoval MAS,Bruno RG,|complications,surgery,complications,surgery,etiology,therapy,pathology,compli...