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ACTH induced adrenal enlargement in infants treated for infantile spasms and acute cerebellar encephalopathy.

M S Liebling1, T J Starc, W H McAlister, C B Ruzal-Shapiro, S J Abramson, W E Berdon.   

Abstract

ACTH is used in childhood to treat infantile spasms and acute cerebellar encephalopathy (opsoclonus-cerebellar ataxia syndrome). We report two infants with ultrasonographic and CT evidence of massive, reversible adrenal enlargement secondary to exogenous ACTH therapy for these disorders.

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Year:  1993        PMID： 8255650     DOI： 10.1007/bf02012450

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Radiol        ISSN： 0301-0449


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Journal:  J Clin Ultrasound       Date:  1986-01       Impact factor: 0.910

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Journal:  Clin Imaging       Date:  1992 Apr-Jun       Impact factor: 1.605

5.  Medullary nephrocalcinosis and pancreatic calcifications demonstrated by ultrasound and CT in infants after treatment with ACTH.

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Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1984-10       Impact factor: 11.105

Review 6.  CT and MR imaging of massive macronodular adrenocortical disease: a rare cause of autonomous primary adrenal hypercortisolism.

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Journal:  J Pediatr Surg       Date:  1989-01       Impact factor: 2.545

8.  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy during corticotropin therapy for infantile spasms. A clinical and echocardiographic study.

Authors:  G B Bobele; K E Ward; J B Bodensteiner
Journal:  Am J Dis Child       Date:  1993-02

Review 9.  The association of neuroblastoma and myoclonic encephalopathy: an imaging approach.

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10.  Age-related changes in adrenal size during the first year of life in normal newborns, infants and patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency: comparison of ultrasound and hormonal parameters.

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Journal:  Eur J Pediatr       Date:  1988-10       Impact factor: 3.183
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