ea0029p344 | Clinical case reports - Pituitary/Adrenal | ICEECE2012
Simeoli C.
, Cozzolino A.
, Leo MDe
, Iacuaniello D.
, Vitale P.
, Grasso L.
, Triggiani M.
, Colao A.
, Pivonello R.
Introduction: The reactivation of autoimmune disorders has been described in patients with hypercortisolism after normalization of cortisol secretion. This phenomenon is probably related to the loss of immunosuppressive effect of endogenous glucocorticoids. This is a report of two patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Cushings disease (CD), a novel association never described in literature, in whom TA was exacerbated after normalization of cortisol secretion.<p c...