title: Pediatric Cushing's disease: Management Issues.
abstract: Cushing's disease (CD), caused by an ACTH-secreting pituitary corticotroph adenoma, is the commonest cause of Cushing syndrome in children over 5 years of age. It is rare in the pediatric age range and presents difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Key presenting features include weight gain, growth failure and change in facial appearance. Most pediatric endocrinologists have limited experience managing children or adolescents with CD and thus benefit from close consultation with adult colleagues. We describe a diagnostic protocol which broadly follows the model for adult patients. Treatment strategies are examined and appraised. The management of pediatric CD patients after cure is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
authors.forename: Martin O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Storr
keywords: Cushing's disease; Cushing's syndrome; pediatrics; radiotherapy; transsphenoidal surgery
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