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Losartan as a Steroid-Sparing Adjunct in a Patient With Features of Refractory Camurati-Engelmann Disease.

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OBJECTIVE: The treatment of Camurati-Engelmann disease (CED) involves the use of glucocorticoids, analgesics, and bisphosphonates; experience with the use of losartan is limited. Our objective was to describe the case of a patient diagnosed with CED ...

Cushing's Disease as a Result of Two ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Tumors.

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OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to present a case of Cushing's disease (CD) with 2 adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary tumors. Multiple monohormonal pituitary tumors are rare. This case supports a consideration of repeat transsphenoida...

Nelson Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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OBJECTIVE: Nelson syndrome (NS) is a rare clinical disorder that can occur after total bilateral adrenalectomy (TBA), performed as a treatment for Cushing disease. NS is defined as the accelerated growth of an adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pi...

Development of Inappropriate Vasopressin Secretion in Association With Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in an Adult With Traumatic Basilar Skull Fracture.

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OBJECTIVE: Hyponatremia associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is primarily limited to pediatric patients. Only 1 case in an adult, after pituitary surgery, has been described. We present the first adult case, to our knowledge, of lumbar ...

Increased Thyroid-Hormone Requirements Consistent With Type 3 Deiodinase Induction Related to Ibrutinib in a Thyroidectomized Woman.

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OBJECTIVE: Tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are chemotherapeutic agents associated with increased thyroid-hormone requirements and altered deiodinase activity. We present the first case to link these findings to the TKI ibrutinib.

Renal Papillary Necrosis Associated With Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

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OBJECTIVES: Renal papillary necrosis (RPN) occurring in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has not been reported. We present a 50-year-old woman who manifested RPN associated with hypercalciuria and normocalcemic PHPT.

Remission of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Following Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

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BACKGROUND: Spontaneous or fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB)-induced remission of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is an extremely rare and generally transient phenomenon.

Myelofibrosis and Pancytopenia Associated With Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

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OBJECTIVE: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has varied clinical presentations. Hematologic abnormalities secondary to PHPT have been described before. However, pancytopenia as the initial presentation has rarely been reported. We report a patient w...

Nonseminomatous Germ-Cell Tumor Presenting as Bilateral Adrenal Masses.

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OBJECTIVE: Many tumors can metastasize to the adrenal glands, making the diagnosis of adrenal masses challenging. Awareness that rare primary tumors can metastasize to the adrenals and consideration of biopsy for their diagnosis, sometimes at extra-a...

Hashimoto Encephalopathy in Pediatrics: Report of 3 Cases.

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the rare occurrence of pediatric Hashimoto encephalopathy in 3 patients.