to review the diffrent aspects of gender, subtype of cah, management and results in all our patients with ambiguous genitalia diagnosed as congenital adrenal hyperplasia during the past 30 years. methods: the files of all our patients with cah reviewed retrospectively. results: out of 256 patients who had ambiguous genitalia due to cah, 96% were female and 4% were male. 21-ohd was diagnosed in ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the aberrant expression of the GIPR and LHCGR in different forms of adrenocortical hyperplasia: ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH), primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) and diffuse adrenal hyperplasia secondary to Cushing's disease (DAHCD). METHODS We quantified GIPR and LHCGR expressions using real time PCR in 20 patients with a...

Classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is a well-known disorder of sexual development (previously known as ambiguous genitalia) in genotypic female neonates. We report on a 66-year-old Chinese, brought up as male, with a simple virilising form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia associated with Turner's syndrome (karyotype 45,X/47,XXX/46,XX). His late presentati...

Persistently high blood pressure is rare in childhood and warrants detailed investigation. Reviews on this subject by McCrory and Nash (1952) and Daeschner and Dodge (1959) have included extensive discussion of hormonal factors and adrenal tumours, but they make no mention of adrenal medullary hyperplasia. Adrenal medullary hyperplasia was found on histological examination in two children with ...

Although cortisone acetate is approved worldwide as corticosteroid substitution therapy in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency), its effectiveness is uncertain since its biologic activity depends on activation by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD). We sought to compare the effect of cortisone acetate with that of hydrocortisone. In 10 patients with congenital adren...

Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone production from adrenal medullary lesions has occasionally been described. We retrospectively reviewed all 164 cases of Cushing's syndrome and 77 cases of pheochromocytomas during 10 years. Of all cases with Cushing's syndrome, only two cases (1.2 %) were due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone production from adrenal medullary le...

Aim to determine the optimal tactics for examination and treatment of patients with macronadular bilateral adrenal hyperplasia.
 Material methods. The study included 11 macronodular hyperplasia (main group). To compare biochemical parameters, results 26 healthy people were studied (control group).
 Results. characterized by deficiency 11-hydroxylase, 21-hydroxylase, 11-hydroxysteroid ...