The growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in patients previously treated with bilateral adrenalectomy alone for Cushing’s disease

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Human growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) fails to stimulate human growth hormone (GH). in hypercortisolism. In order to study whether the responsiveness to GHRH stimulation returns after cure of the hypercortisolism, the GH response to GHRH was examined in 8 patients at least 5 yr after they had undergone bilateral adrenalectomy as their sole treatment for Cushing’s disease. None had current evidence of a pituitary macroadenoma. A group of 8 healthy subjects matched for age and sex formed the control group. All patients and subjects received an iv injection of GHRH 1 μg/kg, after an overnight fast, blood samples were taken before and at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min. There was no statistical difference between the peak GH or area under curve (AUC) response (median, range) in the two groups studied (adrenalectomized peak GH 9.2 (4.6–32.0) vs 16.5 (7.5–63) mU/l, adrenalectomized AUC response 647.5 (344.2–1489.5) vs 1103.5 (339.7–5188.5) mU/l. Patients with Cushing’s disease once cured of hypercortisolism, have a GH response to GHRH.

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