TOPICAL DIAGNOSIS OF OPTIC CHIASMAL LESIONS TOPICAL DIAGNOSIS OF RETROCHIASMAL VISUAL FIELD Visual Field Defects DEFECTS Etiologies of the Optic Chiasmal Syndrome Topical Diagnosis of Optic Tract Lesions Masqueraders of the Optic Chiasmal Syndrome Topical Diagnosis of Lesions of the Lateral Geniculate Body Pathophysiology of the Optic Chiasmal Syndrome Topical Diagnosis of Lesions of the Optic ...

Cushing's syndrome was first described by Harvey Cushing in 1912 at a time when the detection of ACTH as the cause of corticotroph adenomas was still decades ahead. He reported on a 22-year-old woman, Minnie G., who suffered 'from a 7-year history of painful adiposity, hypertrichosis and amenorrhea.' (1). The circumstances of the case description and the natural course have been reconstructed d...

Exophthalmos is typically associated with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Although originally described by Harvey Cushing, exophthalmos is an underappreciated sign of Cushing's syndrome. We present a case of a 38-year-old female who presented with severe bilateral proptosis and was subsequently diagnosed with Cushings disease. We discuss the possible mechanisms causing exophthalmos in patients with eit...

We report the first case of a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individual receiving combination antiretroviral therapy, which included ritonavir, who developed Cushing syndrome with profound complications after epidural triamcinolone injections. This case highlights the potential of ritonavir interactions even with local injections of a corticosteroid.

Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors are observed rarely. Patients’ usual symptoms are coughing, hemoptysis and recurrent pneumonia, nevertheless in rare cases tese tumors may be diagnosed with clinic conditions related paraneoplastically secreted hormone effects. In this case report, we aimed to indicate a typical lung carcinoid tumor causing ectopic cushing syndrome,presented withdiabetes mellit...

BACKGROUND To determine differences in biological features among different adrenal tumors, we investigated the DNA ploidy, numerical chromosomal aberration and proliferative activity in human adrenal cortical neoplasms. METHODS Our study included six adrenal cortical adenomas with Cushing syndrome, 12 adenomas with hyperaldosteronism, three non-functioning adenomas and three adrenal cortical ...

Serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (FABP-4) concentrations are linked to human obesity and other features of metabolic syndrome. Patients with Cushing´s syndrome (CS) develop numerous features of metabolic syndrome due to chronic cortisol excess. Here we tested the hypothesis that chronically increased cortisol levels in CS patients may alter circulating levels of FABP-4. Fourteen patie...