A 71-year-old woman with ectopic Cushing’s syndrome saw her clinical symptoms ease after undergoing surgery to remove several nodules from her left lung. One nodule removed was a carcinoid tumor producing adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), while another was due to a lung infection caused by the fungus Cryptococcus. Her infection was associated with immunodeficiency…
Ketoconazole can effectively control high cortisol levels in most patients with active Cushing’s disease for whom surgery is not an effective option, researchers in Brazil report. It “proved to be an effective and safe alternative for [Cushing’s disease] treatment” for 66% of patients at an outpatient clinic of a…
A 71-year-old man diagnosed with ectopic Cushing’s syndrome was cured of the rare disorder after having both adrenal glands subjected to microwave ablation — a minimally-invasive procedure that uses electromagnetic energy to generate heat and destroy a small portion of tissue. The procedure immediately worked to lower the man’s elevated…
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