Cushing's Syndrome

1. Physiology and Pathophysiology of the HPA Axis
Margaret Castro, Lucila Leico Elias, Paula Conde Lamparelli Elias, Ayrton Custodio Moreira

2. Etiologies of Cushing’s Syndrome
John Newell-Price

3. Pathogenesis of Corticotropic Tumors
Anat Ben-Shlomo, Ning-Ai Liu, Shlomo Melmed

4. Pathogenesis of Adrenocortical Tumors
Madson Q. Almeida, Emilia M. Pinto, Ana Claudia Latronico

5. Clinical Features of Cushing’s Syndrome
Oscar D. Bruno

6. Laboratorial Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis with Pseudo Cushing’s Conditions as Obesity, Alcoholism and Depression
Martina Martin, Francesca Pecori Giraldi, Francesco Cavagnini

7. Laboratorial Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis Among the Different Causes of ACTH-Dependent and ACTH-Independent Cushing’s Syndrome
Antonio M. Lerário, Marcello D. Bronstein

8. Imaging for the Differential Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome: MRI, CT, and Isotopic Scanning
Wouter W. Herder, Richard A. Feelders

9. Inferior Petrosal Sampling for the Differential Diagnosis of ACTH-Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome
Bradley R. Javorsky, James W. Findling

10. The Surgical Management of Cushing’s Disease
Ian F. Dunn, Edward R. Laws

11. Adrenal-Directed Treatment Options for Cushing’s Disease
William F. Young, Geoffrey B. Thompson

12. Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cushing’s Disease
Jay Jagannathan, Edward R. Laws, Jason P. Sheehan

13. Medical Management of Cushing’s Syndrome
Cuong Dang, Peter J. Trainer

14. ACTH-Dependent Cushing Syndrome: Clinical and Diagnostic Aspects, and Treatment Approaches for Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome
Krystallenia I. Alexandraki, Andrea M. Isidori, Ashley B. Grossman

15. Revisiting the Nelson’s Syndrome: Corticotroph Tumor Progression After Bilateral Adrenalectomy in Cushing’s Disease
Guillaume Assie, Laurence Guignat, Jérôme Bertherat, Xavier Bertagna

16. ACTH-Independent Cushing’s Syndrome: Adrenocortical Tumors
Maria Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso, Sorahia Domenice, Ana Claudia Latronico, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca

17. ACTH-Independent Cushing’s Syndrome: Bilateral Macronodular Hyperplasia
Isabelle Bourdeau, Antoine Lampron, Tânia Longo Mazzuco, André Lacroix

18. ACTH-Independent Cushing’s Syndrome: Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenal Disease in the Context of Carney’s Complex
Constantine Stratakis

19. Glucocorticoid Resistance
Elisabeth F. C. Rossum, Steven W. J. Lamberts

20. Post-operative Replacement and Assessment of HPA Axis Recovery in Cushing’s Syndrome
Sibylle Kohler, Niki Karavitaki, John A. H. Wass

21. Special Aspects of Cushing’s Syndrome: Pregnancy
Dima Abdelmannan, David C. Aron

22. Special Aspects of Cushing’s Syndrome: Childhood
Martin O. Savage, Farhad Afshar, Nicholas P. Plowman, Renuka P. Dias, Ashley B. Grossman, Helen L. Storr

23. Special Aspects of Cushing’s Syndrome: Cyclic Cushing’s Syndrome
Nora Albiger, Franco Mantero

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Neurosurgery