Diagnosis and treatment outcomes of Cushing’s disease during pregnancy

• Published in: Pituitary Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 670 - 680
• Main Authors: Sridharan, Kalyani, Sahoo, Jayaprakash, Palui, Rajan, Patil, Milind, Kamalanathan, Sadishkumar, Ramesh, A. S., Kubera, N. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Case reports; Cushing syndrome; Diagnosis; Endocrinology; Female; Fetuses; Hormones; Human Physiology; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Medical treatment; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nervous system diseases; Patients; Pituitary; Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion - diagnosis; Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion - surgery; Pregnancy; Remission; Remission (Medicine); Treatment Outcome; Pregnancy; Trans-sphenoidal surgery; Cushing’s syndrome; Cushing’s disease

Purpose We report a case of a pregnant woman with Cushing’s disease (CD) and performed a systematic review of literature on diagnosis, treatment, maternal and fetal outcomes of CD in pregnancy. Methods A PubMed search was performed for manuscripts in English language from inception till June 2020. C...