Cushing's disease associated with ovarian dysgenesis

In a 29-year-old woman with ovarian dysgenesis and a Turner mosaic karyotype (45XO/47XXX), florid Cushing's disease developed and was cured by trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy. Reviewing the literature on pituitary involvement in Turner's syndrome reveals that this association may not have...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 1984-12, Vol.77 (6), p.1108-1110
1. Verfasser:	Gelfand, Robert A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Cushing Syndrome - complications Cushing Syndrome - metabolism Cushing Syndrome - surgery Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Hydrocortisone - blood Hypophysectomy Male and female genital diseases. Gonadal dysgenesis. Hermaphroditism. Sex hormones resistance Medical sciences Mosaicism Turner Syndrome - complications Turner Syndrome - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:	In a 29-year-old woman with ovarian dysgenesis and a Turner mosaic karyotype (45XO/47XXX), florid Cushing's disease developed and was cured by trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy. Reviewing the literature on pituitary involvement in Turner's syndrome reveals that this association may not have previously been reported.
ISSN:	0002-9343 1555-7162
DOI:	10.1016/0002-9343(84)90197-9