RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Successful treatment with ketoconazole of Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy.
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 221
OP 223
DO 10.1136/pgmj.66.773.221
VO 66
IS 773
A1 J. A. Amado
A1 C. Pesquera
A1 E. M. Gonzalez
A1 M. Otero
A1 J. Freijanes
A1 A. Alvarez
YR 1990
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/66/773/221.abstract
AB Patients with Cushing's syndrome rarely become pregnant. This is a high risk situation both for the fetus and the mother, if untreated. We report a patient with Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocortical adenoma who became pregnant and was successfully treated with ketoconazole during the last period of pregnancy.