title: Systemic Sarcoidosis Unmasked by Cushing's Disease Surgical Treatment.
abstract: Diseases responsive to glucocorticoids, like sarcoidosis, are rarely masked by Cushing's syndrome. An ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma is a possible cause of Cushing's syndrome and its resection can make a subclinical sarcoidosis clear. Only few cases of sarcoidosis following the treatment of hypercortisolism are reported in literature. We report a case of sarcoidosis after the resection of an ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Viale Brambilla 74, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3620-2600
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bongetta
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7304-6120
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zoia
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Unit, Internal Medicine I, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lovati
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Unit, Internal Medicine I, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9708-9843
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lucotti
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaetani