


Cushing's Syndrome. Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment (Contemporary Endocrinology)
Bronstein, M.
1ª Edición Noviembre 2010
Inglés
Tapa dura
350 pags
2000 gr
20 x 27 x 2 cm
ISBN 9781603274487
Editorial HUMANA PRESS
About this book
As a reversible cause of obesity, Cushing’s syndrome is increasingly considered in the differential diagnosis of obese patients. This volume will review the difficulties in distinguishing Cushing’s syndrome from these and other common conditions, such as menstrual irregularity and depression. It will provide all the up to date information on various strategies to establish the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome. Additionally, conditions that represent challenges for the diagnosis, such as renal failure, pediatric age, cyclic hypercortisolism and pregnancy, will be considered. Cushing’s syndrome is caused by a variety of conditions, and its treatment differs according to the etiology. Approaches to the differential diagnosis and specific treatments for each condition will be provided. Chapters that discuss controversies in diagnosis and differential diagnosis will provide a nuanced perspective of these areas.
Written for:
Endocrinologists, general internists, oncologists, pediatricians, gynecologists, neurosurgeons, urologists, endocrine surgeons
Table of contents
- Physiology and Pathophysiology of the HPA axis
Ayrton Custodio Moreira and Margareth Castro
University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil - Etiologies of Cushing´s syndrome
John Newell-Price
University of Sheffield, UK - Pathogenesis of corticotropic tumors
Shlomo Melmed
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA - Pathogenesis of adrenocortical tumors –
Ana Claudia Latronico, Antonio Lerario and Emilia Modolo Pinto
University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil - Clinical features of Cushing´s syndrome
Oscar Bruno
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina - Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s Syndrome: Differential diagnosis
with pseudo-Cushing´s conditions as obesity, alcoholism and depression
Francesco Cavagnini
University of Milan, Italy - Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: Differential diagnosis
among the different causes of ACTH-dependent and ACTH-independent Cushing´s
syndrome
Luiz R. Salgado and Marcello D.Bronstein
University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil - Imaging for the differential diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: MRI,
CT and isotopic scanning
Wouter de Herder – University of Rotherdam, The Netherlands - Inferior petrosal sampling for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent
Cushing´s syndrome
Findling JW Endocrine-Diabetes Center, , Milwaukee, USA. - ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: Treatment of Cushing´s disease
Surgical Treatment :
- Directed to the pituitary :Edward Laws:
- Directed to the adrenals : William Young:– Mayo Clinic - Radiotherapy: Mary Lee Vance: Charlottesville, USA
Medical Therapy: Lynnette K Nieman, National, NIH, Bethesda,USA. - ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome : Clinical and diagnostic aspects, and treatment
approaches for ectopic Cushing´s syndrome
Ashley Grossman, St Bartholomew´s Hosp.London - Nelson´s syndrome
Xavier Bertagna, University of Paris, France - ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Adrenal adenoma and adenocarcinoma
Maria Candida Fragoso, Ana Cláudia Latronico, Berenice B. Mendonca - ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Bilateral macronodular hyperplasia
Andrew Lacroix – University of Montreal - ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: primary pigmented nodular adrenal
disease in the context of Carney´s complex
Constantine A Stratakis – NIH, Bethesda, USA - Glucocorticoid Resistance
Steven W.Lamberts – University of Rotherdam- The Netherlands - Post-operative replacement and assessment of HPA axis recovery
John Wass, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK - Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Pregnancy
David Aron – Louis Stokes Cleveland Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA - Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome- Childhood
M O. Savage -Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hosp, London, UK - Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome – Cyclic Cushing´s
syndrome
Franco Mantero - Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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