Cushing's Disease

An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder
Herausgegeben:Laws Jr, Edward R.; Pace, Louise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2015-0-00932-7
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 11mm x 189mm x 246mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9780128043400
• ISBN-10: 0128043407
• Artikelnr.: 45712127

Autorenporträt

Edward R. Laws is currently the Director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was formerly the President of the American College of Surgeons and has served as President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Editor of Neurosurgery, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and President of the Pituitary Society.Founder and President, Cushing's Support and Research Foundation

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Pituitary Gland: Anatomy, Physiology, and its Function
2. Epidemiology and Etiology of Cushing's Disease
3. Physical Presentation of Cushing's Syndrome: Typical and Atypical Presentations
4. The Cognitive, Psychological, and Emotional Presentation of Cushing's Disease
5. Making the Diagnosis: Laboratory Testing and Imaging Studies
6. Surgical Treatment of Cushing's Disease
7. Medical Treatment of Cushing's Disease
8. Multidisciplinary Management of Cushing's Disease: Centers of Excellence Approach
9. Posttreatment Management of Cushing's Disease
10. Coping with Cushing's Disease: the Patients' Perspectives
11. Cushing's Disease in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Management
12. Challenges and Future Developments for Improvement in the Diagnosis and Management of Cushing's Disease
Appendix. Patients' Perspectives