Abstract | UNLABELLED: LEARNING POINTS:
Tumor excision is the primary treatment for EAS. However, when surgery is impossible, medical therapy is needed to treat hypercortisolism.In cases where the source of ACTH secretion is unknown, inhibitors of steroidogenesis, such as metyrapone, mitotane, ketoconazole, and etomidate, are mostly used to suppress cortisol secretion.Medications that suppress ACTH secretion are less effective, therefore less popular, as standard treatments.In the present case, short-term treatment with dopamine agonists was effective for the long-term suppression of both ACTH and cortisol levels.
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Authors | Satoru Sakihara, Kazunori Kageyama, Satoshi Yamagata, Ken Terui, Makoto Daimon, Toshihiro Suda |
Journal | Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports
(Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep)
Vol. 2014
Pg. 140001
( 2014)
ISSN: 2052-0573 [Print] England |
PMID | 24683487
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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