Cushing’s Disease : Pituitary Surgery versus Adrenalectomy

Authors

Omayma El-Shafie, Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Fatma B. Abid, Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Nayal Al-Kindy, Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Dilip Sankhla, Department of Radiology & Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Nicholas J. Woodhouse, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Abstract

We describe two patients of the Department of Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, with Cushing’s disease. Their magnetic resonance imaging scans of the pituitary were negative. One patient was treated by transsphenoidal surgery and the other by bilateral endoscopic adrenalectomy. Both procedures were successful and the patients cured. The advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches are discussed.

Publication Date

7-31-2008

First Page

211

Last Page

214

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Recommended Citation

El-Shafie, Omayma; Abid, Fatma B.; Al-Kindy, Nayal; Sankhla, Dilip; and Woodhouse, Nicholas J. (2008) "Cushing’s Disease : Pituitary Surgery versus Adrenalectomy," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 8: 211-214.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2720