Endocrinology · Endocrinology / Pituitary disorders
Nelson syndrome
also: Post-adrenalectomy pituitary tumor progression
Rapidly enlarging corticotroph adenoma after bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing disease.
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Pituitary disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- USP8
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Post-adrenalectomy pituitary tumor progression
Etiology & mechanism
Loss of cortisol negative feedback.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (5)
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