Revalidation of inferior petrosal sinus sampling: the latest results from a single-center experience.
Endocr J
; 68(10): 1217-1223, 2021 Oct 28.
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| ID: mdl-34053993
Cushing's disease (CD), which manifests as excess cortisol secretion, is caused by adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas. Such adenomas are occasionally difficult to identify on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and thorough endocrinological examination may be required to detect them. Inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) sampling (IPSS) has been the gold standard test for distinguishing CD from ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). However, IPSS is an invasive procedure, and proper catheterization is occasionally challenging due to anatomical variations. Thus, there have been ongoing debates regarding the necessity of this procedure. Here, we present our recent IPSS data derived from the analysis of 65 patients who were referred to us for possible CD between April 2018 and December 2020 after undergoing meticulous endocrinological testing. Even with detailed MRI, no obvious lesions were identified in 19 patients. IPSS performed on these 19 individuals identified an IPS-to-peripheral ACTH gradient in 15 of them. The four patients who lacked this gradient were subjected to a classical algorithm using concurrently measured prolactin levels, the results of which were consistent with their ultimately confirmed diagnoses: two true-positive and two true-negative diagnoses. These findings support the validity of the algorithm and demonstrate that the prolactin-adjusted IPS-to-peripheral ACTH ratio can improve the differentiation between CD and EAS. We had no false-negative results, but three patients were false-positive. Consequently, those three patients in which no apparent tumor was clarified during surgery could not have any endocrinological improvement postoperatively.
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Assunto principal:
Síndrome de ACTH Ectópico
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Adenoma
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Amostragem do Seio Petroso
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Hipersecreção Hipofisária de ACTH
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Adenoma Hipofisário Secretor de ACT
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Endocr J
Assunto da revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão
País de publicação:
Japão