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Vuong HG, Dunn IF. The clinicopathological features and prognosis of silent corticotroph tumors: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Endocrine 2023; 82:527-535. [PMID: 37462809 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-023-03449-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Data on silent corticotroph tumor (SCT) are still heterogeneous and controversial. In this study, we aimed to compare the demographic, clinicopathological manifestations, postoperative complications, and patient outcomes of SCTs with other non-functioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (NFT) and functioning corticotroph tumor (FCT) or so-called Cushing disease adenoma. METHODS We searched PubMed and Web of Science for data of interest. Odds ratio (OR), mean difference (MD), hazard ratio (HR), and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were pooled using the random-effect model. RESULTS Twenty-nine studies with 985 SCTs were included in meta-analyses. In comparison to other NFTs, SCTs were more commonly associated with female gender, younger age, cavernous sinus invasion, apoplexy, and radiotherapy administration. Postoperatively, SCT patients were more likely to experience hypocortisolism, new-onset visual disturbances, and a higher risk for tumor progression than other NFTs. We did not find any significant differences between SCT type I and type II. Compared to FCTs, SCTs were more likely male, older age, and had larger tumor sizes. The prevalence of a USP8 mutation was significantly higher in FCT than in SCT. CONCLUSION SCT was demographically, clinicopathologically, and prognostically distinct from other NFTs and FCTs. These tumors should be considered high-risk; appropriate treatment decisions and more stringent follow-up should be tailored to improve patient outcomes.
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- Huy Gia Vuong
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 52242, US
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US.
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Findlay MC, Drexler R, Azab M, Karbe A, Rotermund R, Ricklefs FL, Flitsch J, Smith TR, Kilgallon JL, Honegger J, Nasi-Kordhishti I, Gardner PA, Gersey ZC, Abdallah HM, Jane JA, Marino AC, Knappe UJ, Uksul N, Rzaev JA, Bervitskiy AV, Schroeder HWS, Eördögh M, Losa M, Mortini P, Gerlach R, Antunes ACM, Couldwell WT, Budohoski KP, Rennert RC, Karsy M. Crooke Cell Adenoma Confers Poorer Endocrinological Outcomes Compared with Corticotroph Adenoma: Results of a Multicenter, International Analysis. World Neurosurg 2023; 180:e376-e391. [PMID: 37757948 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.09.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Crooke cell adenomas (CCAs) are a rare, aggressive subset of secretory pituitary corticotroph adenomas (sCTAs) found in 5%-10% of patients with Cushing disease. Multiple studies support worse outcomes in CCAs but are limited by small sample size and single-institution databases. We compared outcomes in CCA and sCTA using a multicenter, international retrospective database of high-volume skull base centers. METHODS Patients surgically treated for pituitary adenoma from January 2017 through December 2020 were included. RESULTS Among 2826 patients from 12 international centers, 20 patients with CCA and 480 patients with sCTA were identified. No difference in baseline demographics, tumor characteristics, or postoperative complications was seen. Microsurgical approaches (60% CCA vs. 62.3% sCTA) were most common. Gross total resection was higher in CCA patients (100% vs. 83%, P = 0.05). Among patients with gross total resection according to intraoperative findings, fewer CCA patients had postoperative hormone normalization of pituitary function (50% vs. 77.8%, P < 0.01) and remission of hypersecretion by 3-6 months (75% vs. 84.3%, P < 0.01). This was the case despite CCA having better local control rates (100% vs. 96%, P < 0.01) and fewer patients with remnant on magnetic resonance imaging (0% vs. 7.2%, P < 0.01). A systematic literature review of 35 studies reporting on various treatment strategies reiterated the high rate of residual tumor, persistent hypercortisolism, and tumor-related mortality in CCA patients. CONCLUSIONS This modern, multicenter series of patients with CCA reflects their poor prognosis and reduced postsurgical hormonal normalization. Further work is necessary to better understand the pathophysiology of CCA to devise more targeted treatment approaches.
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- Matthew C Findlay
- School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Wesling Hospital Minden, Minden, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Wesling Hospital Minden, Minden, Germany
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- Federal Center of Neurosurgery, Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Federal Center of Neurosurgery, Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, I.R.C.C.S. San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, I.R.C.C.S. San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Helios Kliniken, Erfurt, Germany
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- Departments of Neurosurgery Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Global Neurosciences Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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De Sousa SMC, Shen A, Yates CJ, Clifton-Bligh R, Santoreneos S, King J, Toubia J, Trivellin G, Lania AG, Stratakis CA, Torpy DJ, Scott HS. PAM variants in patients with thyrotrophinomas, cyclical Cushing's disease and prolactinomas. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1305606. [PMID: 38075079 PMCID: PMC10710132 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1305606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Introduction Germline loss-of-function variants in PAM, encoding peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM), were recently discovered to be enriched in conditions of pathological pituitary hypersecretion, specifically: somatotrophinoma, corticotrophinoma, and prolactinoma. PAM is the sole enzyme responsible for C-terminal amidation of peptides, and plays a role in the biosynthesis and regulation of multiple hormones, including proopiomelanocortin (POMC). Methods We performed exome sequencing of germline and tumour DNA from 29 individuals with functioning pituitary adenomas (12 prolactinomas, 10 thyrotrophinomas, 7 cyclical Cushing's disease). An unfiltered analysis was undertaken of all PAM variants with population prevalence <5%. Results We identified five coding, non-synonymous PAM variants of interest amongst seven individuals (six germline, one somatic). The five variants comprised four missense variants and one truncating variant, all heterozygous. Each variant had some evidence of pathogenicity based on population prevalence, conservation scores, in silico predictions and/or prior functional studies. The yield of predicted deleterious PAM variants was thus 7/29 (24%). The variants predominated in individuals with thyrotrophinomas (4/10, 40%) and cyclical Cushing's disease (2/7, 29%), compared to prolactinomas (1/12, 8%). Conclusion This is the second study to demonstrate a high yield of suspected loss-of-function, predominantly germline, PAM variants in individuals with pathological pituitary hypersecretion. We have extended the association with corticotrophinoma to include the specific clinical entity of cyclical Cushing's disease and demonstrated a novel association between PAM variants and thyrotrophinoma. PAM variants might act as risk alleles for pituitary adenoma formation, with a possible genotype-phenotype relationship between truncating variants and altered temporal secretion of cortisol.
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- Sunita M. C. De Sousa
- Endocrine & Metabolic Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- South Australian Adult Genetics Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Cancer Genomics Facility, Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
- Human Genetics and Precision Medicine, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
- Research Institute, ELPEN, Athens, Greece
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- Endocrine & Metabolic Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, Centre for Cancer Biology, An SA Pathology and University of South Australia Alliance, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Catalino MP, Moore DT, Ironside N, Munoz AR, Coley J, Jonas R, Kearns K, Min L, Vance ML, Jane JA, Laws ER. Postoperative Serum Cortisol and Cushing Disease Recurrence in Patients With Corticotroph Adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023; 108:3287-3294. [PMID: 37290036 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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CONTEXT In Cushing disease, the association between the rate of serum cortisol decline and recurrent disease after corticotroph adenoma removal has not been adequately characterized. OBJECTIVE To analyze postoperative serum cortisol and recurrence rates in Cushing disease. METHODS Patients with Cushing disease and pathology-confirmed corticotroph adenoma were retrospectively studied. Cortisol halving time was estimated using exponential decay modeling. Halving time, first postoperative cortisol, and nadir cortisol values were collected using immediate postoperative inpatient laboratory data. Recurrence and time-to-recurrence were estimated and compared among cortisol variables. RESULTS A total of 320 patients met inclusion/exclusion criteria for final analysis, and 26 of those patients developed recurrent disease. Median follow-up time was 25 months (95% CI, 19-28 months), and 62 patients had ≥ 5 years follow-up time. Higher first postoperative cortisol and higher nadir were associated with increased risk of recurrence. Patients who had a first postoperative cortisol ≥ 50 µg/dL were 4.1 times more likely to recur than those with a first postoperative cortisol < 50 µg/dL (HR 4.1, 1.8-9.2; P = .0003). Halving time was not associated with recurrence (HR 1.7, 0.8-3.8, P = .18). Patients with a nadir cortisol ≥2 µg/dL were 6.6 times more likely to recur than those with a nadir cortisol of < 2 µg/dL (HR 6.6, 2.6-16.6, P < .0001). CONCLUSION Postoperative nadir serum cortisol is the most important cortisol variable associated with recurrence and time-to-recurrence. Compared to first postoperative cortisol and cortisol halving time, a nadir < 2 µg/dL showed the strongest association with long-term remission and typically occurs within the first 24 to 48 hours after surgery.
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- Michael P Catalino
- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Harvard Medical School-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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He Y, Tang Z, Tang N, Lu Y, Niu F, Ye J, Zhang Z, Fang C, Yao L. Cushing syndrome caused by an ectopic ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma of the clivus region: A rare case report and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e34137. [PMID: 37352051 PMCID: PMC10289495 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000034137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Ectopic ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma (EAPA) of the clivus region is extraordinarily infrequent condition and merely a few reports have been reported to date. PATIENT CONCERNS The patient was a 53-year-old woman who presented with Cushing-like appearances and a soft tissue mass in the clivus region. DIAGNOSES The final diagnosis of clivus region EAPA was established by clinical, radiological and histopathological findings. INTERVENTIONS The patient underwent gross total clivus tumor resection via transsphenoidal endoscopy. OUTCOMES Half a year after surgery, the patient Cushing-like clinical manifestations improved significantly, and urinary free cortisol and serum adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) returned to normal. LESSONS Given the extreme scarcity of these tumors and their unique clinical presentations, it may be possible to misdiagnose and delayed treatment. Accordingly, it is especially crucial to summarize such lesions through our present case and review the literature for their precise diagnosis and the selection of optimal treatment strategies.
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- Yutao He
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiqian International General Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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Wee Z, Tang PY, Lai SH, Ang BT, Chandran SR. Co-existence of pituicytoma and corticotroph adenoma in a patient with Cushing's disease. Pathology 2023; 55:432-435. [PMID: 36351865 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Zongwen Wee
- Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Neurosurgery (Singapore General Hospital Campus), National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
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von Selzam V, Theodoropoulou M. Innovative tumour targeting therapeutics in Cushing's disease. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022; 36:101701. [PMID: 36511278 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2022.101701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cushing's disease (CD) is the most frequent form of endogenous hypercortisolism. Management of this devastating condition relies on pituitary surgery, while effective pharmacological treatment mainly focus on periphery targeting pharmaceuticals. Approved tumour-targeting drugs are limited to dopamine agonists and somatostatin analogues with frequently low efficacy and substantial side effects. Discoveries on the genetics and pathophysiology of corticotroph tumorigenesis brought forward new potential pharmacological targets. Compounds such as retinoic acid although promising in preclinical studies, are not as efficient in the clinic. Others, such as, silibinin, gefitinib and roscovitine are effective in preclinical models, but their efficacy and safety still needs to be determined in patients with CD.
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- Vivian von Selzam
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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In this brief report, we review the unique characteristics of Cushing disease (CD) in children, as well as the most important new genetic discoveries associated with childhood CD. We often forget it, but CD refers to Cushing syndrome caused by pituitary corticotroph adenomas only. Thus, here we only refer to the new discoveries associated with pituitary tumors. There is indeed a wealth of new information on clinical features, outcomes, and genetic determinants of CD in children!
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- Constantine A Stratakis
- Human Genetics & Precision Medicine, FORTH & ELPEN Research Institute, Heraklion & Athens, Greece.
- NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Chua TH, Chen XF, Chin YA, Gardner DSL, Kumar K, Hong C, Lai SH. Asymptomatic silent giant corticotroph adenoma with invasion of cavernous and sphenoid sinuses in association with dermatomyositis. Malays J Pathol 2022; 44:129-131. [PMID: 35484896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Tzy Harn Chua
- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore
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- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore
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- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore
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- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Singapore
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- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore
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- Singapore General Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore.
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de Silva NL, Somasundaram N, Constantine R, Kularatna H. Apoplexy of Crooke cell tumour leading to the diagnosis of severe Cushing disease; a case report. BMC Endocr Disord 2021; 21:93. [PMID: 33933049 PMCID: PMC8088723 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-021-00761-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with Crooke cell tumours present with features of Cushing syndrome or mass effect. There are few reports of patients with Crooke cell tumours presenting due to apoplexy. All of them had silent tumours. Patients with Cushing syndrome caused by Crooke cell tumours have not been reported to present with apoplexy. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year-old female presented with sudden onset headache and visual loss for 1 week. She had secondary amenorrhoea for 10 years. There were features of Cushing syndrome including central obesity, multiple monomorphic acne, dorso-cervical and supraclavicular fat pads, hypertension, proximal weakness, pigmentation and refractory hypokalaemia. She was found to have markedly elevated serum cortisol, central hypothyroidism and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. There was a mass in the sellar region (4.7 cm × 1.9 cm × 5.3 cm) suggestive of a pituitary tumour extending to the suprasellar region. Imaging showed evidence of bleeding and compression of the optic chiasm. She underwent urgent trans-sphenoidal excision of the tumour. Histology was compatible with a pituitary neuroendocrine tumour. There was margination of ACTH reactivity to the cell periphery and ring like positivity in most of the cells in the cytokeratin stain. Features were in favour of a Crooke cell tumour. After surgery she improved gradually and became eucortisolaemic. CONCLUSIONS This is a unique presentation of an apoplexy of Crooke cell tumour causing Cushing syndrome. Delayed health seeking behaviour of this patient despite severe Cushing disease could have led to this presentation which has not been reported before.
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- Diabetes and Endocrine Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Histopathology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
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- Neurosurgical Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
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Yuno A, Kenmotsu Y, Takahashi Y, Nomoto H, Kameda H, Cho KY, Nakamura A, Yamashita Y, Nakamura J, Nakakubo S, Kamada K, Suzuki M, Sugino H, Inoshita N, Konno S, Miyoshi H, Atsumi T, Sawamura Y, Shimatsu A. Successful management of a patient with active Cushing's disease complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Endocr J 2021; 68:477-484. [PMID: 33361650 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej20-0613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We provide the details of the successful management of a patient with active Cushing's disease complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. The patient was a 27-year-old Japanese female healthcare worker who was scheduled to undergo pituitary surgery for Cushing's disease. She had been in close contact with an undiagnosed patient infected with COVID-19 and then developed COVID-19 pneumonia. Despite a lack of known risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 infection, the patient's dyspnea worsened and her respiratory condition deteriorated, as indicated by the need for 7 L/min oxygen supply by mask to maintain her oxygen saturation at >90%. Medical treatment was initiated to control hypercortisolism by the 'block and replace' regimen using steroidogenesis inhibitors and hydrocortisone. The COVID-19 pneumonia improved with multi-modal treatment including antiviral therapy. One month later, after a negative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) test result and with appropriate protection against virus transmission to medical staff in the operating room and daily medical care nurses, trans-sphenoidal surgery was performed by our highly experienced pituitary surgeon. One month after the surgery, the patient's basal ACTH and cortisol levels and urinary free cortisol were all under the detection limit. Surgical remission was expected. Since hypercortisolism due to active Cushing's disease may worsen a COVID-19 infection, multi-disciplinary management that includes appropriate and prompt treatment strategies is mandatory in such cases.
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- Akiko Yuno
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo 007-8505, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo 007-8505, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Obesity, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Care Center, Kusatsu General Hospital, Kusatsu 525-8585, Japan
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Wijewickrama PSA, Ratnasamy V, Somasundaram NP, Sumanatilleke M, Ambawatte SB. A challenging case of Cushing's disease complicated with multiple thrombotic phenomena following trans-sphenoidal surgery; a case report. BMC Endocr Disord 2021; 21:29. [PMID: 33622317 PMCID: PMC7903794 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-021-00701-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cushing's syndrome occurs due to overproduction of cortisol from adrenal glands. Endogenous hypercortisolemia can occur secondary to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) dependent as well as independent causes. The presence of non-specific symptoms and signs contributes to a delay in diagnosis. Early identification and prompt definitive management is crucial. It is important to be alert about the post-operative complications including multiple thrombotic phenomena, which can add to the mortality. We report a case of Cushing's disease in a young female managed with trans-sphenoidal surgery, followed by a challenging post-operative period complicated with multiple thrombotic phenomena, ultimately succumbed. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old Sri Lankan female presented with overt features of Cushing's syndrome and diagnosed to have ACTH dependent Cushing's disease with pituitary microadenoma. She underwent trans-sphenoidal surgery, following which she developed fatal multiple complications including diverticular rupture and ischemic colitis, needing hemicolectomy, followed by a parieto-occipital infarction. CONCLUSION This case highlights important and aggressive complications associated with Cushing's syndrome giving rise to a challenging post-operative course. Diverticular rupture had been described in association with hypercortisolemia and this case adds to the existing literature. Post-operative ischemic colitis and stroke which contributed to the death of this patient could have been due to the procoagulant state associated with Cushing's syndrome, with a high risk during the immediate post-operative period. This emphasizes the need to consider post-operative thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing surgery for Cushing's syndrome.
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Wang F, Catalino MP, Bi WL, Dunn IF, Smith TR, Guo Y, Hordejuk D, Kaiser UB, Laws ER, Min L. Postoperative Day 1 Morning Cortisol Value as a Biomarker to Predict Long-term Remission of Cushing Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:e94-e102. [PMID: 33108450 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Recurrence of Cushing disease (CD) can occur even decades after surgery. Biomarkers to predict recurrence of CD after surgery have been studied but are inconclusive. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to identify specific biomarkers that can predict long-term remission after neurosurgery. DESIGN Identification of specific biomarkers to predict long-term remission of CD was performed by logistic regression analysis followed by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, using recurrence as the dependent variable. SETTING A total of 260 patients with CD identified from our institutional research patient data registry search tool and from patients who presented to our longitudinal multidisciplinary clinic between May 2008 and May 2018 underwent statistical analysis. INTERVENTIONS Data on clinical features, neuro-imaging study, pathology, biochemistry, and treatments were collected by reviewing digital chart records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Postoperative cortisol as a biomarker to predict long-term remission after surgical treatment for CD. RESULTS By logistic regression analysis, postoperative day 1 (POD1) morning (5-10 am) serum cortisol, female sex, and proliferative index had significant association with CD recurrence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.025, 95% CI: 1.002-1.048, P = .032). In contrast, the postoperative nadir cortisol (OR = 1.081, 95% CI: 0.989-1.181, P = .086), urinary free cortisol (OR = 1.032, 95% CI: 0.994-1.07, P = .098), and late night salivary cortisol (OR = 1.383, 95% CI: 0.841-2.274, P = .201) had no significant correlation with recurrence. A significant association between POD1 morning serum cortisol and long-term CD remission was verified by Kaplan-Meier analysis when using POD1 morning serum cortisol <5 μg/dL as the cut-off. CONCLUSIONS The POD1 morning serum cortisol level has a significant association with CD recurrence.
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- Fang Wang
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Senanayake R, Gillett D, MacFarlane J, Van de Meulen M, Powlson A, Koulouri O, Casey R, Bashari W, Gurnell M. New types of localization methods for adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 35:101513. [PMID: 34045044 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2021.101513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The management of endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS) typically involves two key steps: (i) confirmation of autonomous hypercortisolism and (ii) localization of the cause to guide treatment. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent CS is most commonly due to a pituitary corticotrope tumor which may be so small as to evade detection on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although biochemical testing (e.g., corticotropin stimulation; dexamethasone suppression) can provide an indication of the likely origin of ACTH excess, bilateral inferior petrosal sinus catheterization offers greater accuracy to distinguish pituitary-driven CS [Cushing's Disease (CD)] from the ectopic ACTH syndrome [EAS, e.g., due to a bronchial or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET)]. In patients with CD, 40-50% may not have a pituitary adenoma (PA) readily visualized on standard clinical MRI. In these subjects, alternative MR sequences (e.g., dynamic, volumetric, fluid attenuation inversion recovery) and higher magnetic field strength (7T > 3T > 1.5T) may aid tumor localization but carry a risk of identifying coincidental (non-causative) pituitary lesions. Molecular imaging is therefore increasingly being deployed to detect small ACTH-secreting PA, with hybrid imaging [e.g., positron emission tomography (PET) combined with MRI] allowing precise anatomical localization of sites of radiotracer (e.g., 11C-methionine) uptake. Similarly, small ACTH-secreting NETs, missed on initial cross-sectional imaging, may be detected using PET tracers targeting abnormal glucose metabolism (e.g., 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose), somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression (e.g., 68Ga-DOTATATE), amine precursor (e.g., 18F-DOPA) or amino acid (e.g., 11C-methionine) uptake. Therefore, modern management of ACTH-dependent CS should ideally be undertaken in specialist centers which have an array of cross-sectional and functional imaging techniques at their disposal.
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- Russell Senanayake
- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cambridge Endocrine Molecular Imaging Group, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a rare endocrine disorder characterised by excess cortisol secretion due to either ACTH-dependent conditions [commonly an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma (Cushing's disease)] or ACTH-independent causes (with most common aetiology being a benign adrenal adenoma). Overall, the annual incidence of CS ranges between 1.8 and 3.2 cases per million population. Mortality in active CS is elevated compared to the general population, and a number of studies support the view that survival is also compromised even after apparent successful treatment. The main cause of death is cardiovascular disease highlighting the negative impact of cortisol excess on cardiovascular risk factors. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of the cortisol excess, as well as vigilant monitoring and stringent control of cardiovascular risk factors are key elements for the long-term prognosis of these patients.
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- Osamah A Hakami
- Institute of Metabolism and System Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Centre of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Metabolism and System Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Centre of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Guaraldi F, Zoli M, Asioli S, Corona G, Gori D, Friso F, Pasquini E, Bacci A, Sforza A, Mazzatenta D. Results and predictors of outcome of endoscopic endonasal surgery in Cushing's disease: 20-year experience of an Italian referral Pituitary Center. J Endocrinol Invest 2020; 43:1463-1471. [PMID: 32215861 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-020-01225-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess outcomes and predictors of early and long-term remission in patients with Cushing's disease (CD) due to ACTH-secreting adenomas treated via endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA). METHODS This is a retrospective study. Consecutive patients operated for CD from 1998 to 2017 in an Italian referral Pituitary Center were enrolled. Clinical, radiological, and histological data at enrollment and follow-up were collected. RESULTS 151 patients (107 F) were included; 88.7% were naïve for treatment, 11.3% had been treated surgically and 11.2% medically. At pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 35 had a macroadenoma and 80 a microadenoma, while tumor was undetectable in 36 patients. Mean age at surgery was 41.1 ± 16.6 years. Diagnosis was confirmed histologically in 82.4% of the cases. Patients with disease persistence underwent second surgery and/or medical and/or radiation therapy. Mean follow-up was 92.3 ± 12.0 (range 12-237.4) and median 88.2 months. Remission rate was 88.1% after the first surgery and 90.7% at last follow-up. One patient died of pituitary carcinoma. Post-surgical cortisol drop (p = 0.004), tumor detection at MRI (p = 0.03) and size < 1 cm (p = 0.045) increased the chance of disease remission; cavernous sinus invasion was a negative predictor of outcome (p = 0.002). Twenty-seven patients developed diabetes insipidus and 18 hypopituitarism. Surgery repetition increased the risk of hypopituitarism (p = 0.03), but not of other complications, which included epistaxis (N = 2), cerebrospinal fluid leakage (1), pneumonia (3), myocardial infarction (1), and pulmonary embolisms (2). CONCLUSIONS Selective adenomectomy via EEA performed by experienced surgeons, supported by a multidisciplinary dedicated team, allows long-term remission in the vast majority of CD patients with low complication rate.
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- F Guaraldi
- IRCCS Istituto delle Science Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy.
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Science Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromuscular Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology 'M. Malpighi' at Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- ENT Division, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Neuroradiology, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Science Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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Nelson's syndrome (NS) is a condition which may develop in patients with Cushing's disease after bilateral adrenalectomy. Although there is no formal consensus on what defines NS, corticotroph tumor growth and/or gradually increasing ACTH levels are important diagnostic elements. Pathogenesis is unclear and well-established predictive factors are lacking; high ACTH during the first year after bilateral adrenalectomy is the most consistently reported predictive parameter. Management is individualized and includes surgery, with or without radiotherapy, radiotherapy alone, and observation; medical treatments have shown inconsistent results. A subset of tumors demonstrates aggressive behavior with challenging management, malignant transformation and poor prognosis.
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- Athanasios Fountas
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, IBR Tower, Level 2, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, IBR Tower, Level 2, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK.
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Clinical evaluation should guide those needing immediate investigation. Strict adherence to COVID-19 protection measures is necessary. Alternative ways of consultations (telephone, video) should be used. Early discussion with regional/national experts about investigation and management of potential and existing patients is strongly encouraged. Patients with moderate or severe clinical features need urgent investigation and management. Patients with active Cushing's syndrome, especially when severe, are immunocompromised and vigorous adherence to the principles of social isolation is recommended. In patients with mild features or in whom a diagnosis is less likely, clinical re-evaluation should be repeated at 3 and 6 months or deferred until the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 has significantly decreased; however, those individuals should be encouraged to maintain social distancing. Diagnostic pathways may need to be very different from usual recommendations in order to reduce possible exposure to SARS-CoV-2. When extensive differential diagnostic testing and/or surgery is not feasible, it should be deferred and medical treatment should be initiated. Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery should be delayed during high SARS-CoV-2 viral prevalence. Medical management rather than surgery will be the used for most patients, since the short- to mid-term prognosis depends in most cases on hypercortisolism rather than its cause; it should be initiated promptly to minimize the risk of infection in these immunosuppressed patients. The risk/benefit ratio of these recommendations will need re-evaluation every 2-3 months from April 2020 in each country (and possibly local areas) and will depend on the local health care structure and phase of pandemic.
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- John Newell-Price
- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Correspondence should be addressed to J Newell-Price;
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- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine IV, Klinikum University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Service d'Endocrinologie – Diabète et Nutrition, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Newell-Price J, Pivonello R, Tabarin A, Fleseriu M, Witek P, Gadelha MR, Petersenn S, Tauchmanova L, Ravichandran S, Gupta P, Lacroix A, Biller BMK. Use of late-night salivary cortisol to monitor response to medical treatment in Cushing's disease. Eur J Endocrinol 2020; 182:207-217. [PMID: 31804965 PMCID: PMC7003692 DOI: 10.1530/eje-19-0695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Monitoring of patients with Cushing's disease on cortisol-lowering drugs is usually performed with urinary free cortisol (UFC). Late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC) has an established role in screening for hypercortisolism and can help to detect the loss of cortisol circadian rhythm. Less evidence exists regarding the usefulness of LNSC in monitoring pharmacological response in Cushing's disease. DESIGN Exploratory analysis evaluating LNSC during a Phase III study of long-acting pasireotide in Cushing's disease (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01374906). METHODS Mean LNSC (mLNSC) was calculated from two samples, collected on the same days as the first two of three 24-h urine samples (used to calculate mean UFC [mUFC]). Clinical signs of hypercortisolism were evaluated over time. RESULTS At baseline, 137 patients had evaluable mLNSC measurements; 91.2% had mLNSC exceeding the upper limit of normal (ULN; 3.2 nmol/L). Of patients with evaluable assessments at month 12 (n = 92), 17.4% had both mLNSC ≤ULN and mUFC ≤ULN; 22.8% had mLNSC ≤ULN, and 45.7% had mUFC ≤ULN. There was high variability in LNSC (intra-patient coefficient of variation (CV): 49.4%) and UFC (intra-patient CV: 39.2%). mLNSC levels decreased over 12 months of treatment and paralleled changes in mUFC. Moderate correlation was seen between mLNSC and mUFC (Spearman's correlation: ρ = 0.50 [all time points pooled]). Greater improvements in systolic/diastolic blood pressure and weight were seen in patients with both mLNSC ≤ULN and mUFC ≤ULN. CONCLUSION mUFC and mLNSC are complementary measurements for monitoring treatment response in Cushing's disease, with better clinical outcomes seen for patients in whom both mUFC and mLNSC are controlled.
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- John Newell-Price
- The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Correspondence should be addressed to J Newell-Price;
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- Department of Endocrinology, CHU of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Northwest Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Military Institute of Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Neuroendocrine Clinical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ciato D, Albani A. Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Resistance in Corticotropinomas: New Developments and Drug Targets. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:21. [PMID: 32117053 PMCID: PMC7025590 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cushing's disease is characterized by excessive adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) secretion caused by a corticotroph tumor of the pituitary gland, leading to hypercortisolism and increased morbidity and mortality. The molecular causes of the disease are not completely understood, therefore more research is needed to discover novel molecular targets and more effective treatments. To date, the SSTR-analog pasireotide is the only approved drug for Cushing's Disease treatment that is directly targeting the source of the disease. Targeting directly the activity of glucocorticoid receptor or the factors modulating it might be a new valid option for the medical management of Cushing's disease. Here, we briefly review the molecular mechanisms involved in the glucocorticoid negative feedback and glucocorticoid resistance and examine novel targets and therapies that might effectively restore glucocorticoid sensitivity.
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Zheng G, Lu L, Zhu H, You H, Feng M, Liu X, Dai C, Yao Y, Wang R, Zhang H, Sun X, Lu Z. Clinical, Laboratory, and Treatment Profiles of Silent Corticotroph Adenomas That Have Transformed to the Functional Type: A Case Series With a Literature Review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:558593. [PMID: 33071973 PMCID: PMC7538591 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.558593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose: Silent corticotroph adenoma (SCA) is clinically non-functional pituitary adenoma with expression of corticotropin or Tpit. To further understand the characteristics of this rare type of SCA transforming to a functional SCA, we retrospectively reviewed SCAs that converted to typical Cushing's syndrome at a tertiary medical center and the relevant literature. Methods: Patients were identified based on the diagnosis of pituitary adenoma without symptoms of hypercortisolism at the initial visit with positive Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for corticotropin or Tpit after surgery and subsequent transformation to functional SCAs during the follow-up period from March 1990 to January 2020 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and in the literature. The characteristics of the clinical manifestations, biochemical results, imaging findings, pathology findings and outcome were analyzed. Results: Altogether, 16 patients were included in the study with an average age of 42.0 ± 12.48 (18-65) years at the first visit. Females were slightly predominant (F:M = 1.3:1). The median time of conversion from the nonfunctional to the functional type was 30 (13.0, 68.3) months. Once a functional SCA developed, the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level and 24-h urine free cortisol were increased 3.8- (2.6, 12.9) and 5.3- (2.6, 19.3) fold, respectively, above the normal range. Approximately 50% of the patients had macrocystic changes on pituitary MRI. All 16 patients experienced 1-5 surgeries with a median of 2.5 (2.0, 4.0) surgeries. The proportion of patients with Ki-67 ≥ 3% increased from 22.2% (2/9) at the beginning to 50% (7/14) at the time of functional SCA diagnosis. Thirteen patients received radiotherapy, and 4 patients (30.8%) achieved remission. Four patients with refractory functional SCAs received temozolomide treatment with the normalization of cortisol in 4 cases and reduced tumor volume in 3 cases. Conclusion: In this study, all cases that transformed to functional SCAs were macroadenomas. Hypercortisolism was more severe in functional SCA patients. The tumors tended to have frequent recurrence and were highly invasive. Temozolomide could be a promising treatment for refractory functional SCA cases. Long-term follow-up is needed for nonfunctional SCAs since some cases have the potential to transform to clinical Cushing's syndrome.
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- Guangyao Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Lin Lu
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- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Gniewek K, Brona A, Jędrzejuk D, Kolačkov K, Bolanowski M. Turner syndrome and Cushing disease - the coexistence with overlapping complications: case report and literature review. Gynecol Endocrinol 2019; 35:1015-1020. [PMID: 31242778 DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2019.1631281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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We present an unusual case of Turner syndrome (TS) and Cushing disease (CD) in a young woman, admitted to our department seven years after a successful surgical removal of ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first ever report of these two disorders coexisting. Our patient was diagnosed with TS at the age of 16 due to primary amenorrhea and short stature. Hormone replacement therapy with estrogen was initiated, but she did not receive growth hormone therapy. At the age of 28, she developed clinical and biochemical abnormalities consistent with hypercortisolism, but the definitive diagnosis of CD was established nine years later when she was admitted to our department. Appropriate treatment was applied, however, the patient developed serious complications: a myocardial infarction, diabetes and osteoporosis. Surgical treatment appeared to improve some, but not all of the symptoms, indicating a significant contribution of concomitant TS to the severity of adverse cardiovascular and bone turnover outcomes in a subject with a genetic susceptibility to these complications. Thus, multidisciplinary evaluation in such patients is strongly indicated, particularly if more predisposing conditions are present.
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- Katarzyna Gniewek
- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Tanaka S, Yamamoto M, Morita M, Takeno A, Kanazawa I, Yamaguchi T, Yamada S, Inoshita N, Oki Y, Kurosaki M, Sugimoto T. Successful reduction of ACTH secretion in a case of intractable Cushing's disease with pituitary Crooke's cell adenoma by combined modality therapy including temozolomide. Endocr J 2019; 66:701-708. [PMID: 31130573 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej18-0547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Crooke's cell adenoma (CCA) is an aggressive subtype of corticotroph adenoma; however, CCA is associated with a high incidence of low expression of methyl guanine methyl transferase (MGMT), suggesting that temozolomide (TMZ) treatment might be effective for this tumor type. The case of a 56-year-old woman with Cushing's disease caused by a pituitary CCA is presented. At the age of 38 years, the patient presented to our hospital with polyuria and a visual field defect. MRI and laboratory studies showed a 4.5-cm-diameter pituitary tumor with plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and serum cortisol levels of more than 500 pg/mL and 40 μg/dL, respectively. At 39 years of age, the patient underwent a craniotomy, and her plasma ACTH and cortisol levels decreased to less than 200 pg/mL and 10 μg/dL, respectively; however, these hormone levels increased gradually to 3,940 pg/mL and 70 μg/dL, respectively, by the time the patient was 56 years old. Histopathological re-examination of the previously resected specimen showed that the pituitary tumor was MGMT-negative CCA. TMZ treatment after the second operation decreased the plasma ACTH levels from 600-800 pg/mL to 70-300 pg/mL. No signs of recurrence were observed in the seven years following these treatments with added prophylactic radiation therapy. These clinical findings suggest that TMZ treatment to patients with CCA accompanied with elevated ACTH may be good indication to induce lowering ACTH levels and tumor shrinkage.
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- Sayuri Tanaka
- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Endocrine Center, Division of Hypothalamic & Pituitary Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
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- Second Division Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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Feelders RA, Newell-Price J, Pivonello R, Nieman LK, Hofland LJ, Lacroix A. Advances in the medical treatment of Cushing's syndrome. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2019; 7:300-312. [PMID: 30033041 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(18)30155-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cushing's syndrome is associated with multisystem morbidity and, when suboptimally treated, increased mortality. Medical therapy is an option for patients if surgery is not successful and can be classified into pituitary-directed drugs, steroid synthesis inhibitors, and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. In the last decade there have been new developments in each drug category. Targeting dopamine and somatostatin receptors on corticotroph adenomas with cabergoline or pasireotide, or both, controls cortisol production in up to 40% of patients. Potential new targets in corticotroph adenomas include the epidermal growth factor receptor, cyclin-dependent kinases, and heat shock protein 90. Osilodrostat and levoketoconazole are new inhibitors of steroidogenesis and are currently being evaluated in multicentre trials. CORT125134 is a new selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist under investigation. We summarise the drug therapies for various forms of Cushing's syndrome and focus on emerging drugs and drug targets that have the potential for new and effective tailor-made pharmacotherapy for patients with Cushing's syndrome.
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- Richard A Feelders
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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- Academic Unit of Endocrinology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada
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Iwasaki Y, Hamasaki A. Enlarged adrenal glands: the long-term consequence of Cushing's disease. Endocrine 2019; 63:657-659. [PMID: 30719692 PMCID: PMC6420430 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-019-01844-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Yorihiro Iwasaki
- Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, 2-4-20 Ohgimachi, Kita-ku Osaka, 530-8480, Japan
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- Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, 2-4-20 Ohgimachi, Kita-ku Osaka, 530-8480, Japan.
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CONTEXT The most frequent cause of endogenous hypercortisolism is Cushing disease (CD), a devastating condition associated with severe comorbidities and high mortality. Effective tumor-targeting therapeutics are limited. DESIGN Search in PubMed with key words "corticotroph" and "Cushing's disease" plus the name of the mentioned therapeutic agent and in associated references of the obtained papers. Additionally, potential therapeutics were obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov with a search for "Cushing disease." RESULTS At present, the tumor-targeted pharmacological therapy of CD is concentrated on dopamine agonists (cabergoline) and somatostatin analogs (pasireotide) with varying efficacy, escape from response, and considerable side effects. Preclinical studies on corticotroph pathophysiology have brought forward potential drugs such as retinoic acid, silibinin, and roscovitine, whose efficacy and safety remain to be determined. CONCLUSIONS For many patients with CD, effective tumor-targeted pharmacological therapy is still lacking. Coordinated efforts are pivotal in establishing efficacy and safety of novel therapeutics in this rare but devastating disease.
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- Marily Theodoropoulou
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Hirsch D, Shimon I, Manisterski Y, Aviran-Barak N, Amitai O, Nadler V, Alboim S, Kopel V, Tsvetov G. Cushing's syndrome: comparison between Cushing's disease and adrenal Cushing's. Endocrine 2018; 62:712-720. [PMID: 30084101 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-018-1709-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE The most common etiology of Cushing's syndrome (CS) is an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma (pitCS), reported as 2-3 times more frequent than primary adrenal CS (adrCS). We aimed to analyze and compare features of patients with pitCS and adrCS. METHODS A retrospective file review of 196 consecutive patients (age 46.8 ± 15.6 years, 76% female) diagnosed with CS in 2000-2017 and followed for 5.2 ± 4.2 years; 109 (55.6%) had pitCS and 76 (38.8%) adrCS. Epidemiologic, clinical and biochemical factors were compared between and within the pitCS and adrCS groups. RESULTS The relative proportion of pitCS to adrCS (1.4) was lower than previously reported and gradually decreased during the study years to only 1.2 in 2012-2017. The most common reason for CS screening was weight-gain in the pitCS group (48.6%) and adrenal incidentaloma in the adrCS group (39.5%). The pitCS patients were diagnosed at younger age (42.5 ± 15.1 vs. 51.6 ± 15.1 years, p < 0.001) and had lower prevalence of hypertension (51.4 vs. 74%, p = 0.005). There was no between-group difference in severity of hypercortisoluria. Within the adrCS group, patients diagnosed after detection of an adrenal incidentaloma had milder hypercortisoluria than the remaining patients, presented with smaller adrenal lesions (35.9 ± 16.3 vs. 49.1 ± 33.7 cm, p = 0.04), and received post-adrenalectomy glucocorticoid treatment for shorter periods (13 ± 11.6 vs. 31 ± 40 months, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS The relative proportion of adrCS to pitCS is rising, probably because of an increasing detection of cortisol-secreting adrenal incidentalomas associated with milder hypercortisolism. There is no difference between pitCS and adrCS in the severity of hypercortisoluria, although significant clinical differences were found.
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- Dania Hirsch
- Institute of Endocrinology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel.
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Maccabi Health Care Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Maccabi Health Care Services-Central Laboratory, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Maccabi Health Care Services-Central Laboratory, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Maccabi Health Care Services-Central Laboratory, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Maccabi Health Care Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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OBJECTIVE Cushing disease is a rare severe condition caused by pituitary tumors that secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), leading to excessive endogenous glucocorticoid production. Tumors causing Cushing disease, also called corticotropinomas, are typically monoclonal neoplasms that mainly occur sporadically. METHODS Literature review. RESULTS Cushing disease is very rarely encountered in genetic familial syndromes. Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes commonly associated with other tumor types are only rarely mutated in this tumor type. The advent of next-generation sequencing led to the identification of a single mutational hotspot in the ubiquitin-specific protease 8 ( USP8) gene in almost half of Cushing disease tumors. CONCLUSION The new discoveries showcase a novel mechanism responsible for corticotroph tumorigenesis and ACTH hypersecretion and highlight USP8 and its downstream signaling pathways as potential promising pharmacologic targets for the management of Cushing disease. ABBREVIATIONS ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; BRG1 = Brahma-related gene 1; CABLES1 = CDK5 and ABL1 enzyme substrate 1; CD = Cushing disease; CNC = Carney complex; DICER1 = cytoplasmic endoribonuclease III; EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor; GR = glucocorticoid receptor; IL = interleukin; MEN = multiple endocrine neoplasia; miRNA = microRNA; POMC = proopiomelanocortin; SSTR = somatostatin receptor; USP8 = ubiquitin-specific protease 8.
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Transsphenoidal surgery is the main treatment of patients with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas. Although biochemical remission occurs in most patients undergoing operations at specialized centers, the recurrence risk is significant. Visualization of microadenomas on preoperative imaging and confirmation of ACTH-positive adenomas have been associated with higher remission rates. Low cortisol levels in the first 2 weeks postoperatively have been associated with durable remission; however, recurrence cannot be excluded by any cortisol threshold. The decision to perform a pituitary reoperation is based on this parameter; the protocols are institution specific. Patients with Cushing's disease warrant lifelong endocrinologic surveillance.
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- Adriana G Ioachimescu
- Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 B Clifton Road Northeast, B6209, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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El Asmar N, Rajpal A, Selman WR, Arafah BM. The Value of Perioperative Levels of ACTH, DHEA, and DHEA-S and Tumor Size in Predicting Recurrence of Cushing Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018; 103:477-485. [PMID: 29244084 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Despite the development of hypocortisolemia after corticotroph surgical adenomectomy, 15% to 20% patients have recurrence of Cushing disease (CD). In this study, we investigated the effect of tumor size and the value of perioperative assessment of corticotropin (ACTH) and adrenal steroid levels in predicting recurrence. DESIGN Perioperatively, no glucocorticoids were administered until the serum cortisol was ≤3 μg/dL. Blood samples were obtained before and repeatedly after adenomectomy in 79 patients with CD. Of these, 66 had a nadir serum cortisol of ≤3.0 μg/dL and clinical and biochemical remissions. During a median follow-up of 131 months, 11 of 66 had disease recurrence (REC), whereas 55 of 66 did not (NO-REC). RESULTS Preoperative hormone levels in the REC and NO-REC groups were similar. After adenomectomy, a brief and similar increase in ACTH, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels was observed in both groups followed by gradual decline in those levels. Although REC and NO-REC patients had similar cortisol levels (3.4 ± 1.7 μg/dL vs 2.9 ± 2.2 μg/dL) at the 36th postoperative hour, their respective ACTH (33 ± 7.1 ng/L vs 12.1 ± 5.4 ng/L; P < 0.0001), DHEA (3.8 ± 1.7 ng/mL vs 1.2 ± 1.1 ng/mL; P = 0.005), and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) (143.9 ± 45.2 μg/dL vs 48.9 ± 38.2 μg/dL; P < 0.0001) were higher. At nadir hypocortisolemia, perioperative ACTH levels were >20 in all REC patients and <20 ng/L in the NO-REC group. Patients with REC had larger tumors than those with NO-REC. CONCLUSION Recurrent CD is characterized by persistent perioperative ACTH secretion after adenomectomy. Higher perioperative levels of ACTH, DHEA, and DHEA-S are highly predictive of future disease recurrence, particularly in those with profound hypocortisolemia.
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- Nadine El Asmar
- Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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PURPOSE Remission from Cushing disease (CD) after pituitary adenoma resection may be predicted by a postoperative reduction in serum cortisol level. A 2008 consensus statement recommends assessing morning cortisol levels during the first postoperative week, and replacing glucocorticoid (GC) if cortisol nadir of < 2 or < 5 µg/dL is achieved. We sought to evaluate adherence to consensus recommendations following adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenoma resection at our tertiary medical center, and assess time to cortisol nadir to better define the window for assessment and intervention. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data extracted from in-hospital electronic medical records for CD surgeries between January 1991 and September 2015. We compared cortisol levels and collection times, ACTH measurement, and postoperative and discharge GC treatment before and after consensus statement publication in July 2008. RESULTS 107 surgeries were performed in 92 patients with CD. After 2008, more surgeries had at least one cortisol value assessed (67.9% before vs. 91.3% after, p = 0.033), with median initial cortisol measurement at 14 h post-surgery. However, ACTH measurement remained unchanged (42.9% vs. 43.5%; p > 0.99). Cortisol collection during GC treatment tended to increase (32.7% vs. 57.1%; p = 0.068). Of surgeries performed without prior GC treatment, 31.7 and 55.0% had a cortisol nadir of < 2 and < 5 µg/dL, respectively, within 72 h postoperative. CONCLUSIONS Our physicians were more diligent in measuring in-hospital postoperative cortisol levels consistent with 2008 consensus recommendations. Better management of cortisol measurements and their timing is an opportunity for improvement.
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- Yana Stolyarov
- Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Biostatistics Core, Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Pituitary Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Davis Building, Room 3021, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
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Cushing syndrome (CS) is caused by chronic exposure to excess glucocorticoids. Early recognition and treatment of hypercortisolemia can lead to decreased morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis of CS and thereafter, establishing the cause can often be difficult, especially in patients with mild and cyclic hypercortisolism. Surgical excision of the cause of excess glucocorticoids is the optimal treatment for CS. Medical therapy (steroidogenesis inhibitors, medications that decrease adrenocorticotropic hormone [ACTH] levels or glucocorticoid antagonists) and pituitary radiotherapy may be needed as adjunctive treatment modalities in patients with residual, recurrent or metastatic disease, in preparation for surgery, or when surgery is contraindicated. A multidisciplinary team approach, individualized treatment plan and long-term follow-up are important for optimal management of hypercortisolemia and the comorbidities associated with CS. ABBREVIATIONS ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; BIPSS = bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling; CBG = corticosteroid-binding globulin; CD = Cushing disease; CRH = corticotropin-releasing hormone; CS = Cushing syndrome; Dex = dexamethasone; DST = dexamethasone suppression test; EAS = ectopic ACTH syndrome; FDA = U.S. Food & Drug Administration; HDDST = high-dose DST; IPS/P = inferior petrosal sinus to peripheral; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NET = neuroendocrine tumor; PET = positron emission tomography; UFC = urinary free cortisol.
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Yordanova G, Martin L, Afshar F, Sabin I, Alusi G, Plowman NP, Riddoch F, Evanson J, Matson M, Grossman AB, Akker SA, Monson JP, Drake WM, Savage MO, Storr HL. Long-term outcomes of children treated for Cushing's disease: a single center experience. Pituitary 2016; 19:612-624. [PMID: 27678103 PMCID: PMC5080319 DOI: 10.1007/s11102-016-0756-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Pediatric Cushing's disease (CD) is rare and there are limited data on the long-term outcomes. We assessed CD recurrence, body composition, pituitary function and psychiatric comorbidity in a cohort of pediatric CD patients. METHODS Retrospective review of 21 CD patients, mean age at diagnosis 12.1 years (5.7-17.8), managed in our center between 1986 and 2010. Mean follow-up from definitive treatment was 10.6 years (2.9-27.2). RESULTS Fifteen patients were in remission following transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) and 5 were in remission following TSS + external pituitary radiotherapy (RT). One patient underwent bilateral adrenalectomy (BA). CD recurrence occurred in 3 (14.3 %) patients: 2 at 2 and 6 years after TSS and 1 7.6 years post-RT. The BA patient developed Nelson's syndrome requiring pituitary RT 0.6 years post-surgery. Short-term growth hormone deficiency (GHD) was present in 14 patients (81 % patients tested) (11 following TSS and 3 after RT) and 4 (44 % of tested) had long-term GHD. Gonadotropin deficiency caused impaired pubertal development in 9 patients (43 %), 4 requiring sex steroid replacement post-puberty. Four patients (19 %) had more than one pituitary hormone deficiency, 3 after TSS and 1 post-RT. Five patients (24 %) had long-term psychiatric co-morbidities (cognitive dysfunction or mood disturbance). There were significant long-term improvements in growth, weight and bone density but not complete reversal to normal in all patients. CONCLUSIONS The long-term consequences of the diagnosis and treatment of CD in children is broadly similar to that seen in adults, with recurrence of CD after successful treatment uncommon but still seen. Pituitary hormone deficiencies occurred in the majority of patients after remission, and assessment and appropriate treatment of GHD is essential. However, while many parameters improve, some children may still have mild but persistent defects.
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- Galina Yordanova
- Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, MU-Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Radiotherapy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Clinical Biochemistry, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Departments of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, First Floor, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, First Floor, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, First Floor, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, First Floor, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, First Floor, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
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Carroll TB, Javorsky BR, Findling JW. POSTSURGICAL RECURRENT CUSHING DISEASE: CLINICAL BENEFIT OF EARLY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL URINARY FREE CORTISOL. Endocr Pract 2016; 22:1216-1223. [PMID: 27409817 DOI: 10.4158/ep161380.or] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of biochemical markers in the detection of recurrent Cushing disease (CD), as well as the potential benefit of early intervention in recurrent CD patients with elevated late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC) and normal urinary free cortisol (UFC). METHODS The design was a single-center, retrospective chart review. Patients treated by the authors from 2008-2013 were included. Recurrence was defined by postsurgical remission of CD with subsequent abnormal LNSC, UFC, or dexamethasone suppression test (DST). RESULTS We identified 15 patients with postsurgical recurrent CD after initial remission; all but one underwent testing with LNSC, DST, and UFC. Although 12 of 15 patients had normal UFC at time of recurrence, DST was abnormal in 11 of 15, and all 14 patients with LNSC results had ≥1 elevated measurement. Nine patients (7 with normal UFC) showed radiologic evidence of a pituitary tumor at time of recurrence. Among the 14 patients with available follow-up data, 12 have demonstrated significant improvement since receiving treatment. Five patients underwent repeat pituitary surgery and 4 achieved clinical and biochemical remission. Eight patients received mifepristone or cabergoline, and 6 showed clinical and/or biochemical improvement. Three patients (2 with prior mifepristone) underwent bilateral adrenalectomy and 2 demonstrated significant clinical improvements. CONCLUSION LNSC is more sensitive than UFC or DST for detection of CD recurrence. Prompt intervention when LNSC is elevated, despite normal UFC, may yield significant clinical benefit for many patients with CD. Early treatment for patients with recurrent CD should be prospectively evaluated, utilizing LNSC elevation as an early biochemical marker. ABBREVIATIONS ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone CD = Cushing disease CS = Cushing syndrome CV = coefficient of variation DST = dexamethasone suppression test IPSS = inferior petrosal sinus sampling LNSC = late-night salivary cortisol QoL = quality of life TSS = transsphenoidal adenoma resection UFC = urinary free cortisol.
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Cannavo S, Messina E, Albani A, Ferrau F, Barresi V, Priola S, Esposito F, Angileri F. Clinical management of critically ill patients with Cushing's disease due to ACTH-secreting pituitary macroadenomas: effectiveness of presurgical treatment with pasireotide. Endocrine 2016; 52:481-7. [PMID: 25877016 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-015-0601-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The management of critically ill Cushing's disease (CD) patients is extremely challenging. Pasireotide is indicated for the treatment of CD patients when pituitary surgery is unfeasible or has not been curative, but no data are available about the use of this drug as pre-operative treatment in critically ill patients. We report the effects of presurgical pasireotide therapy in CD patients in whom hypercortisolism caused life-threatening hypokalemia, alkalosis, and cardio-respiratory complications precluding surgical approach. Clinical, biochemical, and radiological data of two critically ill patients with ACTH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma, before and during first-line presurgical pasireotide treatment (600 μg s.c. bid). During the first 21 days of treatment, pasireotide therapy induced a rapid, partial decrease of plasma ACTH, serum cortisol, and urinary free cortisol levels, with the consequent normalization of serum potassium concentration and arterial blood gases parameters, in both the patients. They did not experience unmanageable side effects and underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery after 4 weeks of effective treatment. Pre-operative MRI evaluation did not show pituitary tumor shrinkage. Surgical cure of CD was obtained in the first patient, while debulking allowed the pharmacological control of hypercortisolism in the second case. We suggest that pasireotide can induce a rapid improvement of clinical and metabolic conditions in critically ill CD patients in whom surgical approach is considered hazardous and need to be delayed.
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- S Cannavo
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Endocrinology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Endocrinology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Endocrinology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Endocrinology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Human Pathology Gaetano Barresi - Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience - Neurosurgery Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience - Neurosurgery Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience - Neurosurgery Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Machado MC, Fragoso MCBV, Moreira AC, Boguszewski CL, Vieira L, Naves LA, Vilar L, de Araújo LA, Czepielewski MA, Gadelha MR, Musolino NRC, Miranda PAC, Bronstein MD, Ribeiro-Oliveira A. Recommendations of the Neuroendocrinology Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism for the diagnosis of Cushing's disease in Brazil. Arch Endocrinol Metab 2016; 60:267-86. [PMID: 27355856 PMCID: PMC10522300 DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although it is a rare condition, the accurate diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's disease is important due to its higher morbidity and mortality compared to the general population, which is attributed to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and infections. Screening for hypercortisolism is recommended for patients who present multiple and progressive clinical signs and symptoms, especially those who are considered to be more specific to Cushing's syndrome, abnormal findings relative to age (e.g., spinal osteoporosis and high blood pressure in young patients), weight gain associated with reduced growth rate in the pediatric population and for those with adrenal incidentalomas. Routine screening is not recommended for other groups of patients, such as those with obesity or diabetes mellitus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pituitary, the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) test and the high-dose dexamethasone suppression test are the main tests for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Bilateral and simultaneous petrosal sinus sampling is the gold standard method and is performed when the triad of initial tests is inconclusive, doubtful or conflicting. The aim of this article is to provide information on the early detection and establishment of a proper diagnosis of Cushing's disease, recommending follow-up of these patients at experienced referral centers. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2016;60(3):267-86.
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- Márcio Carlos Machado
- Hospital das ClínicasFaculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloSPBrasilUnidade de Neuroendocrinologia, Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP); Departamento de Endocrinologia, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil;
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- Hospital das ClínicasFaculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloSPBrasilUnidade de Neuroendocrinologia, Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP); Departamento de Endocrinologia, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil;
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão PretoUniversidade de São PauloRibeirão PretoSPBrasilDivisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil;
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- Serviço de Endocrinologia e MetabologiaHospital de ClínicasUniversidade Federal do ParanáCuritibaPRBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (SEMPR), Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil;
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- Serviço de EndocrinologiaHospital Universitário Clementino Fraga FilhoUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRJBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (HUCFF/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil;
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- Serviço de EndocrinologiaHospital Universitário de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaBrasíliaDFBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brasil;
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- Serviço de EndocrinologiaHospital de ClínicasUniversidade Federal de PernambucoRecifePEBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brasil;
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreFaculdade de MedicinaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulPorto AlegreRSBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil;
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- Serviço de EndocrinologiaHospital Universitário Clementino Fraga FilhoUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRJBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (HUCFF/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil;
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- Hospital das ClínicasFaculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloSPBrasilUnidade de Neuroendocrinologia, Divisão de Neurocirurgia Funcional, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP;Brasil
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- Serviço de EndocrinologiaSanta Casa de Belo HorizonteBelo HorizonteMGBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil;
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- Hospital das ClínicasFaculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloSPBrasilUnidade de Neuroendocrinologia, Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP); Departamento de Endocrinologia, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil;
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- Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisServiço de EndocrinologiaHospital de ClínicasBelo HorizonteMGBrasilServiço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Jang YS, Lee IS, Lee JM, Choi SA, Kim GJ, Kim HS. Diagnosis of cyclic Cushing syndrome using the morning urine free cortisol to creatinine ratio. Korean J Intern Med 2016; 31:184-7. [PMID: 26767874 PMCID: PMC4712425 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2016.31.1.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Yi Sun Jang
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Correspondence to Hye Soo Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 64 Daeheung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 34943, Korea Tel: +82-42-220-9114 Fax: +82-42-252-6807 E-mail:
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Reincke M, Ritzel K, Oßwald A, Berr C, Stalla G, Hallfeldt K, Reisch N, Schopohl J, Beuschlein F. A critical reappraisal of bilateral adrenalectomy for ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Eur J Endocrinol 2015; 173:M23-32. [PMID: 25994948 DOI: 10.1530/eje-15-0265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Our aim was to review short- and long-term outcomes of patients treated with bilateral adrenalectomy (BADx) in ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. METHODS We reviewed the literature and analysed our experience with 53 patients treated with BADx since 1990 in our institution. RESULTS BADx is considered if ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome is refractory to other treatment modalities. In Cushing's disease (CD), BADx is mainly used as an ultima ratio after transsphenoidal surgery and medical therapies have failed. In these cases, the time span between the first diagnosis of CD and treatment with BADx is relatively long (median 44 months). In ectopic Cushing's syndrome, the time from diagnosis to BADx is shorter (median 2 months), and BADx is often performed as an emergency procedure because of life-threatening complications of severe hypercortisolism. In both situations, BADx is relatively safe (median surgical morbidity 15%; median surgical mortality 3%) and provides excellent control of hypercortisolism; Cushing's-associated signs and symptoms are rapidly corrected, and co-morbidities are stabilised. In CD, the quality of life following BADx is rapidly improving, and long-term mortality is low. Specific long-term complications include the development of adrenal crisis and Nelson's syndrome. In ectopic Cushing's syndrome, long-term mortality is high but is mostly dependent on the prognosis of the underlying malignant neuroendocrine tumour. CONCLUSION BADx is a relatively safe and highly effective treatment, and it provides adequate control of long-term co-morbidities associated with hypercortisolism.
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- Martin Reincke
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, D-80336 Munich, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für PsychiatrieMunich, GermanyChirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - InnenstadtKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Koulouri O, Steuwe A, Gillett D, Hoole AC, Powlson AS, Donnelly NA, Burnet NG, Antoun NM, Cheow H, Mannion RJ, Pickard JD, Gurnell M. A role for 11C-methionine PET imaging in ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Eur J Endocrinol 2015; 173:M107-20. [PMID: 26245763 DOI: 10.1530/eje-15-0616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We report our experience of functional imaging with (11)C-methionine positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) co-registered with 3D gradient echo (spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR)) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the investigation of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN Twenty patients with i) de novo Cushing's disease (CD, n=10), ii) residual or recurrent hypercortisolism following first pituitary surgery (±radiotherapy; n=8) or iii) ectopic Cushing's syndrome (n=2) were referred to our centre for functional imaging studies between 2010 and 2015. Six of the patients with de novo CD and five of those with persistent/relapsed disease had a suspected abnormality on conventional MRI. METHODS All patients underwent (11)C-methionine PET-CT. For pituitary imaging, co-registration of PET-CT images with contemporaneous SPGR MRI (1 mm slice thickness) was performed, followed by detailed mapping of (11)C-methionine uptake across the sella in three planes (coronal, sagittal and axial). This allowed us to determine whether suspected adenomas seen on structural imaging exhibited focal tracer uptake on functional imaging. RESULTS In seven of ten patients with de novo CD, asymmetric (11)C-methionine uptake was observed within the sella, which co-localized with the suspected site of a corticotroph microadenoma visualised on SPGR MRI (and which was subsequently confirmed histologically following successful transsphenoidal surgery (TSS)). Focal (11)C-methionine uptake that correlated with a suspected abnormality on pituitary MRI was seen in five of eight patients with residual or recurrent Cushing's syndrome following first TSS (and pituitary radiotherapy in two cases). Two patients elected to undergo repeat TSS with histology confirming a corticotroph tumour in each case. In two patients with the ectopic ACTH syndrome, (11)C-methionine was concentrated in sites of distant metastases, with minimal uptake in the sellar region. CONCLUSIONS (11)C-methionine PET-CT can aid the detection of ACTH-secreting tumours in Cushing's syndrome and facilitate targeted therapy.
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- Olympia Koulouri
- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Departments of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Otolaryngology Oncology Neuroradiology Neurosurgery National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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Teshima T, Matsumoto H, Okusa T, Nakamura Y, Koyama H. Effects of Carbenoxolone on the Canine Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135516. [PMID: 26262685 PMCID: PMC4532459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cushing’s disease caused by pituitary corticotroph adenoma is a common endocrine disease in dogs. A characteristic biochemical feature of corticotroph adenomas is their relative resistance to suppressive negative feedback by glucocorticoids. The abnormal expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11HSD), which is a cortisol metabolic enzyme, is found in human and murine corticotroph adenomas. Our recent studies demonstrated that canine corticotroph adenomas also have abnormal expression of 11HSD. 11HSD has two isoforms in dogs, 11HSD type1 (HSD11B1), which converts cortisone into active cortisol, and 11HSD type2 (HSD11B2), which converts cortisol into inactive cortisone. It has been suggested that glucocorticoid resistance in corticotroph tumors is related to the overexpression of HSD11B2. Therefore it was our aim to investigate the effects of carbenoxolone (CBX), an 11HSD inhibitor, on the healthy dog’s pituitary-adrenal axis. Dogs were administered 50 mg/kg of CBX twice each day for 15 days. During CBX administration, no adverse effects were observed in any dogs. The plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and serum cortisol and cortisone concentrations were significantly lower at day 7 and 15 following corticotropin releasing hormone stimulation. After completion of CBX administration, the HSD11B1 mRNA expression was higher, and HSD11B2 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the pituitaries. Moreover, proopiomelanocortin mRNA expression was lower, and the ratio of ACTH-positive cells in the anterior pituitary was also significantly lower after CBX treatment. In adrenal glands treated with CBX, HSD11B1 and HSD11B2 mRNA expression were both lower compared to normal canine adrenal glands. The results of this study suggested that CBX inhibits ACTH secretion from pituitary due to altered 11HSD expressions, and is potentially useful for the treatment of canine Cushing’s disease.
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- Takahiro Teshima
- Division of Therapeutic Science I, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- Division of Therapeutic Science I, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- Division of Therapeutic Science I, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- Division of Therapeutic Science I, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- Division of Therapeutic Science I, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Liu NA, Araki T, Cuevas-Ramos D, Hong J, Ben-Shlomo A, Tone Y, Tone M, Melmed S. Cyclin E-Mediated Human Proopiomelanocortin Regulation as a Therapeutic Target for Cushing Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100:2557-64. [PMID: 25942479 PMCID: PMC5393529 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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CONTEXT Cushing disease, due to pituitary corticotroph tumor ACTH hypersecretion, drives excess adrenal cortisol production with adverse morbidity and mortality. Loss of glucocorticoid negative feedback on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis leads to autonomous transcription of the corticotroph precursor hormone proopiomelanocortin (POMC), consequent ACTH overproduction, and adrenal hypercortisolism. We previously reported that R-roscovitine (CYC202, seliciclib), a 2,6,9-trisubstituted purine analog, suppresses cyclin-dependent-kinase 2/cyclin E and inhibits ACTH in mice and zebrafish. We hypothesized that intrapituitary cyclin E signaling regulates corticotroph tumor POMC transcription independently of cell cycle progression. The aim was to investigate whether R-roscovitine inhibits human ACTH in corticotroph tumors by targeting the cyclin-dependent kinase 2/cyclin E signaling pathway. METHODS Primary cell cultures of surgically resected human corticotroph tumors were treated with or without R-roscovitine, ACTH measured by RIA and quantitative PCR, and/or Western blot analysis performed to investigate ACTH and lineage-specific transcription factors. Cyclin E and E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1) small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection was performed in murine corticotroph tumor AtT20 cells to elucidate mechanisms for drug action. POMC gene promoter activity in response to R-roscovitine treatment was analyzed using luciferase reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. RESULTS R-roscovitine inhibits human corticotroph tumor POMC and Tpit/Tbx19 transcription with decreased ACTH expression. Cyclin E and E2F1 exhibit reciprocal positive regulation in corticotroph tumors. R-roscovitine disrupts E2F1 binding to the POMC gene promoter and suppresses Tpit/Tbx19 and other lineage-specific POMC transcription cofactors via E2F1-dependent and -independent pathways. CONCLUSION R-roscovitine inhibits human pituitary corticotroph tumor ACTH by targeting the cyclin E/E2F1 pathway. Pituitary cyclin E/E2F1 signaling is a previously unappreciated molecular mechanism underlying neuroendocrine regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, providing a subcellular therapeutic target for small molecule cyclin-dependent kinase 2 inhibitors of pituitary ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism, ie, Cushing disease.
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- Ning-Ai Liu
- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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Libuit LG, Karageorgiadis AS, Sinaii N, Nguyen May NM, Keil MF, Lodish MB, Stratakis CA. A gender-dependent analysis of Cushing's disease in childhood: pre- and postoperative follow-up. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2015; 83:72-7. [PMID: 25388128 PMCID: PMC6342464 DOI: 10.1111/cen.12644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse gender differences in the clinical presentation and recovery of paediatric patients with Cushing's disease (CD) after transsphenoidal surgery (TSS). Indeed, gender differences between paediatric patients with CD during presentation, after TSS and postoperative recovery have not been adequately studied. DESIGN Data were obtained and retrospectively analysed from clinical reports and biochemical tests at the time of presentation, 5-9 days after TSS and at the 6 and 12 months postoperative follow-up visits to determine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) recovery. PATIENTS Data from 102 paediatric patients (48 females, 54 males, mean age 12.9 ± 3.0) with CD who underwent TSS at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Clinical Center between 1997 and 2011. RESULTS There was equal distribution of paediatric CD between males and females (53% vs 47%; n = 102, P = 0.484). Males were more likely than females to present with higher mean BMI Z-scores (2.2 ± 0.7 vs 1.9 ± 0.6, P = 0.0079), lower mean height Z-scores (-1.2 ± 1.3 vs -0.7 ± 1.1, P = 0.0467) and higher median plasma ACTH (12.2 vs 8.5 pmol/l; P = 0.0495). Females did not present more frequently with any single sign or symptom. No significant differences were found between males and females for CD cure rates 5-9 days after TSS (87.0% males vs 87.5% females, P = 1.0), long-term cure rates (86.5% vs 93.7%; n = 69; P = 0.4374) and HPAA recovery time (11.2 ± 2.5 vs 11.7 ± 2.5 months; n = 47; P = 0.1992). CONCLUSIONS Paediatric CD is found to have equal distribution between males and females, but male patients present with elevated BMI and potentially shorter height and higher plasma ACTH. There is no significant difference in the cure rate or HPAA recovery time after TSS between males and females.
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- Laura G Libuit
- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Petersenn S, Beckers A, Ferone D, van der Lely A, Bollerslev J, Boscaro M, Brue T, Bruzzi P, Casanueva FF, Chanson P, Colao A, Reincke M, Stalla G, Tsagarakis S. Therapy of endocrine disease: outcomes in patients with Cushing's disease undergoing transsphenoidal surgery: systematic review assessing criteria used to define remission and recurrence. Eur J Endocrinol 2015; 172:R227-39. [PMID: 25599709 DOI: 10.1530/eje-14-0883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A number of factors can influence the reported outcomes of transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) for Cushing's disease - including different remission and recurrence criteria, for which there is no consensus. Therefore, a comparative analysis of the best treatment options and patient management strategies is difficult. In this review, we investigated the clinical outcomes of initial TSS in patients with Cushing's disease based on definitions of and assessments for remission and recurrence. METHODS We systematically searched PubMed and identified 44 studies with clear definitions of remission and recurrence. When data were available, additional analyses by time of remission, tumor size, duration of follow-up, surgical experience, year of study publication and adverse events related to surgery were performed. RESULTS Data from a total of 6400 patients who received microscopic TSS were extracted and analyzed. A variety of definitions of remission and recurrence of Cushing's disease after initial microscopic TSS was used, giving broad ranges of remission (42.0-96.6%; median, 77.9%) and recurrence (0-47.4%; median, 11.5%). Better remission and recurrence outcomes were achieved for microadenomas vs macroadenomas; however, no correlations were found with other parameters, other than improved safety with longer surgical experience. CONCLUSIONS The variety of methodologies used in clinical evaluation of TSS for Cushing's disease strongly support the call for standardization and optimization of studies to inform clinical practice and maximize patient outcomes. Clinically significant rates of failure of initial TSS highlight the need for effective second-line treatments.
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- Stephan Petersenn
- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Inter
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Inter
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- ENDOC Center for Endocrine TumorsAltonaer Strasse 59, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyCHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, BelgiumEndocrinology UnitDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, ItalyDepartment of MedicineErasmus University MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSection of Specialized EndocrinologyFaculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, ItalyAix-Marseille UniversitéCNRS, CRN2M UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceAPHMHôpital Timone, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, 13385 Marseille Cedex 15, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and PreventionIRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, ItalySantiago de Compostela University and CIBERobnSantiago de Compostela, SpainUniv Paris-SudFaculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, UMR-S1185, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisHôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1185Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94276, FranceDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e ChirurgiaSezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, ItalyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV-InnenstadtUniversity Hospital Munich, D-80336 Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyDiabetes and Metabolism, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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INTRODUCTION Cushing's disease is a neuroendocrine disorder marked by hypercortisolemia secondary to overproduction of ACTH by a corticotropic pituitary adenoma. Due to the diverse and deleterious effects of hypercortisolemia including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, prompt and accurate diagnosis followed by surgical resection of the responsible corticotropic adenoma is critical. METHODS In the following review, we present a focused synopsis of recently published data and management strategies for the post-operative Cushing's disease patient with a particular focus on studies examining perioperative complications, establishment of biochemical remission, factors associated with disease remission, and predictors of recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Although no standard definition of remission exists, we suggest measurement of serum cortisol level on the morning of postoperative day 1 given the preponderance of evidence in the published literature suggesting its association with long-term remission and relatively low rates of recurrence. Nevertheless, all patients should be counseled that recurrence can occur in a delayed fashion and that annual endocrine testing should be utilized to track and confirm disease status.
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- Martin J Rutkowski
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-779, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA,
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Flitsch J, Schmid SM, Bernreuther C, Winterberg B, Ritter MM, Lehnert H, Burkhardt T. A pitfall in diagnosing Cushing's disease: ectopic ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma in the sphenoid sinus. Pituitary 2015; 18:279-82. [PMID: 25129688 DOI: 10.1007/s11102-014-0591-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To show a rare case of Cushing's disease and possible cause of failed transsphenoidal surgery. METHOD We report on a 50-year-old woman suffering from ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Endocrinological work-up including low-dose/high-dose dexamethasone test (Liddle-test) and CRH test were clearly compatible with pituitary origin. Although an MRI showed no pituitary tumor, CRH-stimulated petrosal sinus sampling revealed a significant central-peripheral gradient in ACTH concentrations, rendering Cushing's disease very likely. The patient underwent transsphenoidal surgery with negative exploration of the pituitary gland. After intraoperative re-evaluation of the preoperative MRI, a "polyp" at the bottom of the sphenoid sinus was identified. The intraoperative microscopic aspect as well as instantaneous sections and cytology of a biopsy confirmed an adenoma, which was then removed. Histological analysis demonstrated an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma adjacent to respiratory mucous membrane consisting of ciliated epithelium with submucous connective tissue. Postoperatively, ACTH concentrations were decreased and intermittent hydrocortisone substitution treatment was initiated. At the 3-month follow up, Cushing's stigmata were found to be alleviated and the hydrocortisone dosage could be reduced. CONCLUSION Ectopic pituitary adenoma tissue causing Cushing's disease is extremely rare but a potential cause for surgical failure or re-evaluation.
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- J Flitsch
- Department of Neurosurgery, Bereich Hypophysenchirurgie, Neurochirurgische Klinik, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany,
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Transsphenoidal surgery remains the first line therapy in Cushing's disease, but a large number of patients will not be cured or disease will recur over time. Repeat pituitary surgery, bilateral adrenalectomy, and radiation have limitations with respect to efficacy and/or side effects. Therefore, there is a clear need for an effective medical treatment. The studies reviewed here suggest a role for pituitary-directed therapies, applying multireceptor ligand somatostatin analogs like pasireotide or second-generation dopamine agonists. Retinoic acid has been also studied in a small prospective study. These compounds target ACTH-secretion at the pituitary level and possibly inhibit corticotrope proliferation. Specific side effects of these compounds need to be considered, especially when used as long-term therapy. These novel approaches could provide options for treatment of patients in whom surgery has failed or is not possible, and while awaiting effects of radiation therapy. Preoperative use to decrease cortisol excess, potentially reducing perioperative complications, needs to be further studied.
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- Stephan Petersenn
- ENDOC Center for Endocrine Tumors, Altonaer Str. 59, 20357, Hamburg, Germany,
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Diagnosis of Cushing's disease frequently remains a challenge. In this review we critically appraise the clinical features, biochemical tests, and imaging modalities used for this purpose. We outline recommendations for approaches to clinical investigation, with a particular focus on developments made within the last two years.
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- Eleni Daniel
- Academic Unit of Endocrinology, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Maria Fleseriu
- Oregon Health & Science University, CH8N 3303 SW Bond Ave, Portland, OR, 97239, USA,
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Morbidity and mortality in Cushing's disease (CD) patients are increased if patients are not appropriately treated. Surgery remains the first line therapy, however the role of medical therapy has become more prominent in patients when biochemical remission is not achieved/or recurs after surgery, while waiting effects of radiation therapy or when surgery is contraindicated. Furthermore, use of preoperative medical therapy has been also recognized. In addition to centrally acting therapies (reviewed elsewhere in this special issue), adrenal steroidogenesis inhibitors, and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists are frequently used. A PubMed search of all original articles or abstracts detailing medical therapy in CD, published within 12 months (2013-2014), were identified and pertinent data extracted. Although not prospectively studied, ketoconazole and metyrapone have been the most frequently used medical therapies. A large retrospective ketoconazole study showed that almost half of patients who continued on ketoconazole therapy achieved biochemical control and clinical improvement; however almost 20% discontinued ketoconazole due to poor tolerability. Notably, hepatotoxicity was usually mild and resolved after drug withdrawal. Etomidate remains the only drug available for intravenous use. A new potent inhibitor of both aldosterone synthase and 11β-hydroxylase, following the completion of a phase II study LCI699 is being studied in a large phase III with promising results. Mifepristone, a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, has been approved for hyperglycemia associated with Cushing's syndrome based on the results of a prospective study where it produced in the majority of patients' significant clinical and metabolic improvement. Absence of both a biochemical marker for remission and/or diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency remain, however, a limiting factor. Patient characteristics and preference should guide the choice between different medications in the absence of clinical trials comparing any of these therapies. Despite significant progress, there is still a need for a medical therapy that is more effective and with less adverse effects for patients with CD.
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- Maria Fleseriu
- Departments of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Neurological Surgery, Northwest Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code BTE 28, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA,
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INTRODUCTION There has been growing interest on medical therapy for the management of Cushing's disease (CD), particularly in cases of persistent or recurrent hypercortisolism. Ketoconazole, an inhibitor of adrenal steroidogenesis, is the most widely used drug, whereas cabergoline and pasireotide are the most promising centrally acting agents. The main purpose of this review article is to highlight the options of medical treatment for CD, with a special emphasis on combination therapies, a topic that has only been addressed by a limited number of studies. CONCLUSIONS According to the results of these studies, combination therapies involving medications with additive or synergistic effects on ACTH and cortisol secretion seem quite attractive as they yield higher probability of longterm control of the hypercortisolism at lower doses, a lower incidence of side-effects, and possibly a lower rate of treatment escapes. Currently, ketoconazole, cabergoline, and pasireotide are the best drugs to be prescribed in combination.
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- Lucio Vilar
- Division of Endocrinology, Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Pernambuco, Rua Clovis Silveira Barros, 84/1202, Boa Vista, Recife, CEP 50.050-270, Brazil,
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