Use of adrenal arterial embolization in severe ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome.

The management of a patient with severe Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH produced by a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is described. Initial treatment with maximal adrenolytic medical therapy and two attempts at bilateral adrenal venous infarction had failed to control the disease, and...

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Main Authors: Blunt, S. B., Pirmohamed, M., Chatterjee, V. K., Burrin, J. M., Allison, D. J., Joplin, G. F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 1989
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2429500/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2602257
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