ea0041ep936 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2016
Marcusan Alexandra
, Morar Andra
, Carsote Mara
, Dumitru Pop Dan
, Ghervan Cristina
, Emanuela Georgescu Carmen
, Valea Ana
Introduction: Nelsons syndrome (NS) is an exceptionally rare condition diagnosed sometimes after bilateral suprarenalectomy for Cushings disease (CS) involving rapid enlargement of a pre-existing ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor. The clinical picture varies from hyperpigmentation, headache and visual disturbance to diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism if the hypothalamic-pituitary portal system is disrupted or normal pituitary tissue is destroyed by the adenoma. Th...