Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 1999 , Vol 9 , Num 2
CRR STIMULATION TEST AND PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CUSHING'S DISEASE: CASE REPORT
Bülent Okan YILDIZ1, Başar ATALAY2, Selçuk PALAOĞLU2, Olcay GEDİK1
1Hacettepe Üniversitesi İç Hastalıkları A.B.D., Endokrinoloji Bilim Dalı, Ankara
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nöroşirürji A.B.D, Ankara The clinical, biochemical, and radiographic features of ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism (Cushing's disease) are often indistinguishable from those of ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus ACTH sampling with CRH stimulation is a useful test for differential diagnosis and preoperative location of pituitary microadenomas. This report presents a patient with Cushing's disease diagnosed by inferior petrosal sinus sampling and CRH stimulation, and treated surgically. Anahtar Kelimeler : CRH stimulation test, Cushing's disease, inferior petrosal sinus sampling