Transsphenoidal surgery (TSS), a minimally invasive surgery to remove tumors from the brain’s pituitary gland, was deemed safe and effective…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
The size of pituitary tumors that cause Cushing’s disease do not affect the levels of cortisol or clinical features…
A 37-year-old woman developed Cushing’s syndrome due to the rare simultaneous presence of tumors in the pituitary and adrenal glands,…
Even with biochemical remission — having normal biochemical markers for liver inflammation — patients with Cushing’s disease have a two…
Subclinical Cushing’s syndrome may be a risk factor for developing central serous chorioretinopathy, an eye disorder wherein fluid accumulates at…
People with active Cushing’s disease have a smaller volume of gray matter — the outer layer of the brain…
When symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome return after adrenal cancer surgery, this may indicate that tumor cells have spread to other…
A generalized skin infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae — a rapidly growing type of bacteria — may be a manifestation…
A combination of two easily performed tests reached 100% accuracy for diagnosing Cushing’s disease in people with an initial…
Cushing’s syndrome may develop in people with advanced medullary thyroid cancer and is associated with a poor prognosis, a…