... be noted in the brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of these cases. Cases: A 9-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were admitted with hypercortisolism. In the female patient, altered consciousness was prominent along with cerebral and cerebellar brain atrophy, and findings indicating posterior...

... positive for ACTH and α-MSH on immunohistochemistry. Two weeks after surgery, UCCRs were measured after temporary withdrawal (24 h) of the cortisone acetate. These values were very low (0.8–1.0 × 10 –6 ), which strongly suggested complete remission of the hypercortisolism. In the months thereafter...

... whose presenting complaints and preliminary evaluation suggested a diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome. There was spontaneous improvement in the signs and symptoms with concomitant normalization of laboratory values. We conclude that hypercortisolism may be a manifestation of hyperthyroidism...

... a combined therapy with high doses of GH and with oxandrolone has proven rather effective. With endogenous and exogenous hypercortisolism the metabolic balance is shifted towards catabolism and spontaneous GH secretion is depressed. In such situations, e.g. after severe traumas, operations, infections...

... Hypocortisolism Hypercortisolism Hormone Res. 24: 9-17 (1986) > 1986 S. Karger AO. Basel 0301-0163/86/0241-0009S2.75/0 Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor by Glucocorticoids in Human Mononuclear Leukocytes M.M. Brentania, B.L. Wajchenbergb, F.P. Cesarb, V.R. Martinsa Laboratorio de Oncología...

...S.W.J. Lamberts; J.C. Birkenhäger The influence of two different grades of exogenous hypercortisolism on body weight, epididymal fat pad weight and the total number of fat cells in epididymal fat pads was investigated in young, growing rats. Cortisol, 4–5 mg/kg/day orally from the 7th to the 9th...

... Hypercortisolism Adrenal adenoma 21-Hydroxylase 11β-Hydroxylase The so-called adrenal incidentalomas are frequently discovered in about 1–5% of the patients after abdominal computerized tomography, owing to the widespread use of imaging procedures performed for various reasons other than endocrine...

... hypercortisolism is present in young LBW adults. While the endocrine sequel of hypercortisolism raised insulin response and hyperandrogenism is detectable in apparently healthy young LBW women, it is absent in young LBW men. This suggests that gender-dependent mechanisms might play a role in the development...

... spectrometric steroid profile Adrenal hyperandrogenism Hypercortisolism 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) is a microsomal enzyme complex responsible for the interconversion of cortisol and cortisone (fig.  1 ). There are at least 2 isoforms of the enzyme. 11β-HSD type 2 is a high affinity (K...