Full Description
Hypercortisolism: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis, Volume 132 presents a comprehensive series of chapters focused on the various aspects of endogenous hypercortisolism as contributed by an international team of specialists in endocrinology. Chapters in this new release include Cushing's syndrome: Clinical presentation and associated comorbidities, Biochemical diagnosis of hypercortisolism: when and how?, ACTH independent Cushing syndrome: diagnosis and etiology, Bilateral macronodular and micronodular hyperplasia: biochemical, radiological and genetic diagnosis, Differential diagnosis between endogenous Cushing's syndrome and pseudoCushing, and much more.
Additional chapters delve into Differential diagnosis of ACTH dependent Cushing's syndrome: hormonal and radiological studies, Ectopic Cushing's syndrome: clinical presentation and diagnosis, Cyclic Cushing's syndrome, Mild autonomous cortisol secretion: diagnosis, Cushing's syndrome and pregnancy: clinical presentation and diagnosis, Molecular profile of Cushing's syndrome, Cardiometabolic comorbidities in overt Cushing's syndrome, and New tools for the diagnosis of hypercortisolism.
Contents
1. Cushing's syndrome: Clinical presentation and associated comorbidities.
Alín Abreu Lomba
2. Biochemical diagnosis of hypercortisolism: when and how?
Anna Aulinas Masó
3. ACTH independent Cushing syndrome: diagnosis and etiology
Andres Ortiz
4. Bilateral macronodular and micronodular hyperplasia: biochemical, radiological and genetic diagnosis
Víctor Navas Moreno Sr., Mónica Marazuela, Carolina Sager La Ganga and María Sara Tapia Sanchiz
5. Differential diagnosis between endogenous Cushing's syndrome and pseudoCushing
Ahmed Alaa Abdul-Aziz
6. Differential diagnosis of ACTH dependent Cushing's syndrome: hormonal and radiological studies
Wilfredo Antonio Rivera Martín
7. Ectopic Cushing's syndrome: clinical presentation and diagnosis
Valentina Morrelli and Antonio Musolino
8. Cyclic Cushing's syndrome
Elisabeth Nowak
9. Mild autonomous cortisol secretion: diagnosis
Sara Donato
10. Cushing's syndrome and pregnancy: clinical presentation and diagnosis
Betina Biagetti Sr.
11. Molecular profile of Cushing's syndrome
Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa and Justo Castaño
12. Cardiometabolic comorbidities in overt Cushing's syndrome
Laura Gonzalez
13. New tools for the diagnosis of hypercortisolism
Felicia A. Hanzu and Felicia Alexandfra Hanzu
