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. 2016 Aug;109(8):561-2.
doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw085. Epub 2016 Jun 11.

Nelson's syndrome post-bilateral adrenalectomy

P Iglesias  1 , V Rodríguez-Berrocal  2 , H Pian  3 , J J Díez  4
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Nelson's syndrome post-bilateral adrenalectomy

P Iglesias et al. QJM. 2016 Aug.
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Figure 1
(A) Coronal pituitary T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showing normal pituitary gland at diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome (left) and MRI coronal study showing a nodule with low signal intensity in left half of pituitary (right) (February, 2014; 8 months after adrenalectomy). (B) Evolution of plasma ACTH concentrations and phenotype changes of the patient in relation to bilateral adrenalectomy and adenomectomy (arrows) of ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor.
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