title: Cushing's disease. A cause of delayed growth and development.
abstract: An adolescent male with a typical cushingoid appearance presented to his physician with failure of linear growth and sexual development. Although his neuroradiologic workup was negative, his endocrinologic assessment pointed to the pituitary gland as the diseased organ. Selective transsphenoidal adenomectomy has thus far resulted in normalization of cortisol and growth hormone levels and furthered linear and sexual growth.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Geissinger
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zapata
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Deeb
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone