Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2020 Jan 29
Severe Myocardial Steatosis: Incidental Finding or a Significant Anatomic Substrate for Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Tuzzolo A, Febres-Aldana CA, Poppiti R
Myocardial steatosis, also known as lipomatosis cordis, is characterized by adipose tissue within the myocardium without significant fibrosis. Evidenc ...
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Clin Case Rep
Ectopic Cushing's syndrome in a patient with inferior petrosal sinus sampling indicating pituitary-dependent ACTH secretion.
Micko A, Wolfsberger S, Knosp E, Marik W, Haberler C, Winhofer Y, Luger A, Vila G
In an unclear case of Cushing's syndrome, IPSS identifies the origin of ACTH secretion, and together with MRI enables the localization of an ectopic c ...
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Eur. J. Endocrinol.
GENETICS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Glucocorticoid resistance syndrome
Vitellius G, Lombes M
Glucocorticoids (GC) such as cortisol regulate multiple physiological functions, notably those involved in development, metabolism, inflammatory proce ...
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Clin Obes 2020 Jan 29
Patients with morbid obesity should not be routinely screened for Cushing's syndrome: Results of retrospective study of patients attending a specialist weight management service.
Glyn TC, Ho MW, Lambert AP, Thomas JDJ, Douek IF, Andrews RC, King RJ
Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a rare condition which results in multi-system involvement and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Screening f ...
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Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep
Etomidate in the management of severe Cushing's disease and MRSA bacteraemia in a district general hospital in the United Kingdom.
Wong SWP, Yap YW, Narayanan RP, Al-Jubouri M, Grossman A, Daousi C, Mahgoub Y
We report our experience on managing a case of florid Cushing's disease with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sepsis using intraveno ...
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