Discovery of Cushing’s Syndrome After Bariatric Surgery: Multicenter Series of 16 Patients

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[2] Carroll MD(2011)The European Registry on Cushing’s syndrome: 2-year experience. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics Eur J Endocrinol 165 383-392

[3] Kit BK(1993)Effective reversibility of the signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism by bilateral adrenalectomy Surgery 114 1138-1143

[4] Valassi E(2008)The diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93 1526-1540

[5] Santos A(2013)Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient–2013 update: cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Surg Obes Relat Dis 9 159-191

[6] Yaneva M(2009)Cushing’s syndrome might be underappreciated in patients seeking bariatric surgery: a plea for screening Surg Obes Relat Dis 5 116-119

[7] Zeiger MA(2004)Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 292 1724-1737

[8] Fraker DL(2010)Screening for Cushing’s syndrome in obese patients Clinics (Sao Paulo) 65 9-13

[9] Pass HI(2002)Overnight dexamethasone suppression test: a reliable screen for Cushing’s syndrome in the obese Obes Res 10 1217-1221

[10] Nieman LK(1996)Pre-clinical Cushing’s syndrome: an unexpected frequent cause of poor glycaemic control in obese diabetic patients Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 44 717-722

[1] Flegal KM(2012)Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999–2010 JAMA 307 491-497

[2] Carroll MD(2011)The European Registry on Cushing’s syndrome: 2-year experience. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics Eur J Endocrinol 165 383-392

[3] Kit BK(1993)Effective reversibility of the signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism by bilateral adrenalectomy Surgery 114 1138-1143

[4] Valassi E(2008)The diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93 1526-1540

[5] Santos A(2013)Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient–2013 update: cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Surg Obes Relat Dis 9 159-191

[6] Yaneva M(2009)Cushing’s syndrome might be underappreciated in patients seeking bariatric surgery: a plea for screening Surg Obes Relat Dis 5 116-119

[7] Zeiger MA(2004)Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 292 1724-1737

[8] Fraker DL(2010)Screening for Cushing’s syndrome in obese patients Clinics (Sao Paulo) 65 9-13

[9] Pass HI(2002)Overnight dexamethasone suppression test: a reliable screen for Cushing’s syndrome in the obese Obes Res 10 1217-1221

[10] Nieman LK(1996)Pre-clinical Cushing’s syndrome: an unexpected frequent cause of poor glycaemic control in obese diabetic patients Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 44 717-722