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We report a case of phaeochromocytoma associated with hypercortisolism and hypercalcaemia in a 62-year-old man. The patient presented to clinic, with a 3-year history of exertional headaches, and a 4-month history of increasing fatigue, sweating and palpitations, loss of appetite and weight, and
Chronic fatigue syndrome remains one of the more perplexing syndromes in contemporary clinical medicine. One approach to understanding this condition has been to acknowledge its similarities to other disorders of clearer pathophysiology. In this review, a rationale for the study of neuroendocrine
Muscle weakness is a common complaint in clinical practice. If this symptom is combined with focal liver lesions there is a broad spectrum of differential diagnoses for the gastroenterologist to consider. Tumors of neuroendocrine origin such as small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) produce a wide array
BACKGROUND
The long-term outcome of bilateral adrenalectomy in the management of patients with Cushing's syndrome has not been previously well studied.
METHODS
We reviewed our long-term results in 34 patients treated with bilateral adrenalectomy between 1983 and the present. Fourteen presented with
A key component in the body's stress response, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis orchestrates changes across a broad range of major biological systems. Its dysfunction has been associated with numerous chronic diseases including Gulf War Illness (GWI) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Patients with Cushing's Syndrome (CS) in remission were used as a model to test the hypothesis that long-standing excessive cortisol exposure induces changes in DNA methylation that are associated with persisting neuropsychological consequences. Genome-wide DNA methylation was assessed in 48 women
OBJECTIVE
Cushing's syndrome in childhood and adolescence is rare. We analysed the clinical presentation, investigation, management and therapeutic outcome in 12 paediatric patients with Cushing's syndrome.
METHODS
Retrospective review of case notes.
METHODS
Twelve patients, 7 males and 5 females,
Hypercortisolism in depression seems to preferentially reflect activation of hypothalamic CRH secretion. Although it has been postulated that this hypercortisolism is an epiphenomenon of the pain and stress of major depression, our data showing preferential participation of AVP in the
Supportive care of patients with functional neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has evolved to include the use of multiple targeted agents to control paraneoplastic states and newer surgical and interventional radiologic techniques to reduce tumor bulk. Challenges encountered by the clinician are the
A 14-year-old female with perinatally acquired HIV on boosted protease inhibitor (PI) therapy with atazanavir and ritonavir rapidly developed cushingoid features with excessive weight gain and moon facies within 2 weeks of receiving inhaled fluticasone/salmeterol for asthma treatment. Soon after
BACKGROUND
The 47-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital because of newly diagnosed diabetes and elevated liver function tests (gamma glutamyl transferase 303 U/l). On admission the patient reported a reduction of appetite, which had increased during the past 2 weeks, fatigue, muscular
Despite its low frequency, endogenous Cushing's syndrome is not an exceptional clinical entity. A growing number of cases are currently derived to specialized centers suggesting an increasing knowledge of the clinical features of hypercortisolism by specialists of diverse branches of clinical
Obesity, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), and self-reported short sleep duration appear to be on the rise, while there is evidence that obesity and these sleep disorders are strongly connected. In this paper, we review data that challenge the common belief that the sleep apnoea and sleep loss,
Primary stress-related diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia or chronic widespread pain have been associated with altered activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis due to measured relative hyper- or hypo-cortisolism in basal or experimentally stimulated states. A
OBJECTIVE
Glucocorticoids are known to decrease protein synthesis and conduction velocity of muscle fibers. However, the degree of impairment of muscle protein synthesis and conduction slowing in patients with Cushing's disease remains poorly characterized. Our objective was to investigate whether