[Nelson's Syndrome: a case report].
The aim of this article is to present and discuss several aspects of the pathogenesis, the clinical, hormonal, and imaging diagnosis, and the treatment of Nelson's syndrome, based on a typical patient's report, in whom several therapeutic approaches were shown to be ineffective.
Cukier
Priscilla
P
Disciplina de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Duch
Flávia Moretti
FM
Teixeira
Manoel Jacobsen
MJ
Fragoso
Maria Candida B V
MC
Pereira
Maria Adelaide A
MA
Freire
Daniel Soares
DS
Fonoff
Erich Talamoni
ET
Costa
Márcia Helena Soares
MH
Domenice
Sorahia
S
Lucon
Antonio Marmo
AM
de Mendonça
Berenice B
BB
D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009347:Nelson Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes