Metyrapone pre‐treated inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the differential diagnosis of ACTH‐dependent Cushing's syndrome - Concepedia

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Metyrapone pre‐treated inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the differential diagnosis of ACTH‐dependent Cushing's syndrome

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1997

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Ross C. Cuneo, Winnifred Lee, John Harper, Ken Mitchell, Greg Ward, R. Leigh Atkinson, Ian Salkield, Donald P. Cameron

Clinical Endocrinology

Abstract

Metyrapone pre-treated inferior petrosal sinus sampling is safe, and appears to induce high ACTH output from pituitary corticotroph adenomas. The technique has allowed accurate localization and treatment of pituitary corticotroph microadenomas.