Cushing's Disease
eBook - ePub

Cushing's Disease

An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder

  1. 238 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cushing's Disease

An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder

About this book

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. - Reviews the basics of Cushing's disease and its interrelation with hormones, the brain, and bodily functions - Includes chapters on diagnosis, surgical, medical, and radiotherapeutic treatments, and variations in presentation, including cyclical disease - Presents the cognitive and emotional aspects of Cushing's and the long-term sequelae - Offers an important resource for physicians who are accustomed to treating individual symptoms rather than a disease complex - Reviews multidisciplinary management, and post-treatment management of Cushing's, including recommendations for Cushing's Centers of Excellence

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780128043400
eBook ISBN
9780128043905
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Endocrinology & Metabolism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1: The Pituitary Gland: Anatomy, Physiology, and its Function as the Master Gland
  11. Chapter 2: Epidemiology and Etiology of Cushing’s Disease
  12. Chapter 3: Physical Presentation of Cushing’s Syndrome: Typical and Atypical Presentations
  13. Chapter 4: The Cognitive, Psychological, and Emotional Presentation of Cushing’s Disease
  14. Chapter 5: Making the Diagnosis: Laboratory Testing and Imaging Studies
  15. Chapter 6: Surgical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease
  16. Chapter 7: Medical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease
  17. Chapter 8: Multidisciplinary Management of Cushing’s Disease: Centers of Excellence Approach
  18. Chapter 9: Posttreatment Management of Cushing’s Disease
  19. Chapter 10: Coping with Cushing’s Disease: the Patients’ Perspectives
  20. Chapter 11: Cushing’s Disease in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Management
  21. Chapter 12: Challenges and Future Developments for Improvement in the Diagnosis and Management of Cushing’s Disease
  22. Appendix: Patients’ Perspectives
  23. Index