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  • Title: Cushing's syndrome: update of diagnosis and management.
    Author: Carpenter PC.
    Journal: Mayo Clin Proc; 1986 Jan; 61(1):49-58. PubMed ID: 3001439.
    Abstract:
    Although considerable advances have been made in the understanding of Cushing's syndrome in the recent past, many difficulties persist in the diagnosis and management of patients with hypercortisolism. Precision in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome and the differentiation of its various forms have gradually improved, but a substantial number of cases have laboratory or radiologic findings that can be misleading or at least difficult to interpret. Furthermore, other conditions may mimic Cushing's syndrome and add to the diagnostic difficulties. Surgical extirpation of primary adrenal lesions that cause the hypercortisolism or of the neoplasms responsible for the ectopic production of adrenocorticotropic hormone remains the treatment of choice for these problems. Currently, transsphenoidal surgical exploration is the treatment of choice for Cushing's disease.
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