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Síndrome de Cushing debido a un tumor suprarrenal - Overview

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Síndrome de Cushing por tumor suprarrenal

Definición:

Es un trastorno del sistema endocrino que ocurre cuando hay un tumor de la glándula suprarrenal secretando cantidades excesivas de la hormona cortisol.

Causas:

El síndrome Cushing es ocasionado por niveles constantemente elevados de la hormona esteroide cortisol. Un tumor en una de las glándulas suprarrenales causa alrededor del 15% de todos los casos de síndrome de Cushing.

Los tumores suprarrenales, los cuales secretan cortisol, pueden no ser cancerosos (benignos) o cancerosos (malignos).

Los tumores benignos que pueden causar el síndrome de Cushing son:

  • Adenomas suprarrenales
  • Hiperplasia micronodular

Los tumores malignos que pueden causar el síndrome de Cushing abarcan:

Los tumores suprarrenales son raros y se pueden desarrollar en cualquier persona a cualquier edad, pero son mucho más comunes en los adultos, y a menudo se encuentran más en las mujeres que en los hombres.

Ver también:

  • Reviewed last on: 11/23/2009
  • Ari S. Eckman, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Stewart PM. The adrenal cortex. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2008:chap 14.

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