Visual vignette. Ectopic ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma

Endocr Pract. 2011 Nov-Dec;17(6):966. doi: 10.4158/EP11178.VV.

Authors

Reshma Shah¹, Matthew Schniederjan, John M DelGaudio, Adriana G Ioachimescu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Lipids, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 21803709
DOI: 10.4158/EP11178.VV

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / pathology
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / physiopathology
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / surgery
Adrenal Insufficiency / drug therapy
Adrenal Insufficiency / etiology
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Delayed Diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology
Facial Neuralgia / etiology*
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Humans
Hydrocortisone / therapeutic use
Hypertension / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Skull Base Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Skull Base Neoplasms / pathology
Skull Base Neoplasms / physiopathology
Skull Base Neoplasms / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Hydrocortisone