TWO CASES OF SARCOIDOSIS INVOLVING THE HYPOPHYSIS TREATED WITH CORTICOTROPHIN AND CORTISONE

1 May 1956

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica

Vol. 22 (1) , 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0220001

Abstract

Two cases of sarcoidosis were treated with corticotrophin. Although there was no objective improvement of the hypopituitarism, there was a marked subjective improvement during and shortly after treatment. The importance of recognizing sarcoidosis as a possible cause of pituitary dysfunction was emphasized. It was felt that treatment with ACTH or cortisone was not purely substitutional, but affected the course of the disease.

Keywords

ACTH/THERAPEUTIC USE
CORTISONE/THERAPEUTIC USE
PITUITARY GLAND/DISEASES
SARCOIDOSIS/THERAPY

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

SARCOID-LIKE GRANULOMATA OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1952