Inferior petrosal sinus venous sampling in cushing’s syndrome: potential diagnostic pitfall | Zendy

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Inferior petrosal sinus venous sampling in cushing’s syndrome: potential diagnostic pitfall

Author(s) -

Selladurai Pirasath,

Mahalingam Aravinthan,

H. Arthy

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jaffna medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2651-0200

pISSN - 0379-3877

DOI - 10.4038/jmj.v30i2.23

Subject(s) - medicine , inferior petrosal sinus , endocrine system , cushing syndrome , endocrine disease , medical diagnosis , radiology , cavernous sinus , hormone

Evaluation of cause of hypercortisolism among patients with Cushing’s syndrome may be challenge for the clinicians (1). The identification between pituitary and ectopic ACTH Production is one of the most complex diagnoses in endocrine practice. Here we reported a rare case of Cushing disease which was diagnosed by Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) method. We report this case to highlight how IPSS helped to resolve the source of ACTH production.

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