Cushing’s Disease: An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder reviews the epidemiology of Cushing’s, including statistics on the incidence and prevalence of this disease. There are discussions of the signs and symptoms and the most common co-morbidities, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, amenorrhea, and infertility.
Surgical, medical, and radiotherapeutic treatments, including indications, results, risks, and complications, are reviewed. Also featured is a chapter on the patient’s perspective, coping with Cushing’s, quality of life, and psychosomatic issues.
This book is essential reading for the wide range of physicians who treat patients with Cushing’s disease symptoms, as well as biomedical researchers who investigate the etiology and mechanisms of rare genetic diseases, in particular rare endocrine disorders.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1: The Pituitary Gland: Anatomy, Physiology, and its Function as the Master Gland - p. xxi 3. Chapter 2: Epidemiology and Etiology of Cushing’s Disease - p. 41 4. Chapter 3: Physical Presentation of Cushing’s Syndrome: Typical and Atypical Presentations - p. 56 5. Chapter 4: The Cognitive, Psychological, and Emotional Presentation of Cushing’s Disease - p. 65 6. Chapter 5: Making the Diagnosis: Laboratory Testing and Imaging Studies - p. 74 7. Chapter 6: Surgical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease - p. 90 8. Chapter 7: Medical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease - p. 102 9. Chapter 8: Multidisciplinary Management of Cushing’s Disease: Centers of Excellence Approach - p. 123 10. Chapter 9: Posttreatment Management of Cushing’s Disease - p. 133 11. Chapter 10: Coping with Cushing’s Disease: the Patients’ Perspectives - p. 167 12. Chapter 11: Cushing’s Disease in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Management - p. 185 13. Chapter 12: Challenges and Future Developments for Improvement in the Diagnosis and Management of Cushing’s Disease - p. 200 14. Appendix: Patients’ Perspectives - p. 204 15. Index - p. 209
Cushing’s Disease: An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder reviews the epidemiology of Cushing’s, including statistics on the incidence and prevalence of this disease. There are discussions of the signs and symptoms and the most common co-morbidities, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, amenorrhea, and infertility.
Surgical, medical, and radiotherapeutic treatments, including indications, results, risks, and complications, are reviewed. Also featured is a chapter on the patient’s perspective, coping with Cushing’s, quality of life, and psychosomatic issues.
This book is essential reading for the wide range of physicians who treat patients with Cushing’s disease symptoms, as well as biomedical researchers who investigate the etiology and mechanisms of rare genetic diseases, in particular rare endocrine disorders.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1: The Pituitary Gland: Anatomy, Physiology, and its Function as the Master Gland - p. xxi 3. Chapter 2: Epidemiology and Etiology of Cushing’s Disease - p. 41 4. Chapter 3: Physical Presentation of Cushing’s Syndrome: Typical and Atypical Presentations - p. 56 5. Chapter 4: The Cognitive, Psychological, and Emotional Presentation of Cushing’s Disease - p. 65 6. Chapter 5: Making the Diagnosis: Laboratory Testing and Imaging Studies - p. 74 7. Chapter 6: Surgical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease - p. 90 8. Chapter 7: Medical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease - p. 102 9. Chapter 8: Multidisciplinary Management of Cushing’s Disease: Centers of Excellence Approach - p. 123 10. Chapter 9: Posttreatment Management of Cushing’s Disease - p. 133 11. Chapter 10: Coping with Cushing’s Disease: the Patients’ Perspectives - p. 167 12. Chapter 11: Cushing’s Disease in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Management - p. 185 13. Chapter 12: Challenges and Future Developments for Improvement in the Diagnosis and Management of Cushing’s Disease - p. 200 14. Appendix: Patients’ Perspectives - p. 204 15. Index - p. 209
