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Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is most commonly due to exogenous glucocorticoid administration. The most common endogenous cause of CS (70–80 %) is an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenoma (Cushing’s disease) for which the treatment of choice is surgical excision. Confirming the diagnosis of a pituitary source and excluding ectopic sources of ACTH using biochemical testing and cross-sectional imaging are often challenging.
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Shawyer, A., Mattson, M. (2014). Inferior Petrosal Venous Sinus Sampling. In: Murphy, K., Robertson, F. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4582-0_17
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