Nelson Syndrome
"Nelson Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome characterized by HYPERPIGMENTATION, enlarging pituitary mass, visual defects secondary to compression of the OPTIC CHIASM, and elevated serum ACTH. It is caused by the expansion of an underlying ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA that grows in the absence of feedback inhibition by adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS, usually after ADRENALECTOMY.
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D009347
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.322.609.145.500 C10.228.140.617.738.675.149.500 C19.344.609.145.500 C19.700.734.145.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nelson Syndrome" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.