A 69-year-old woman with Cushing's syndrome due to A C T H production by a pancreatic tumor had hypokalemia, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, a n d avascular necrosis of the humeral heads. She h a d a n excellent response to bilateral adrenalectomy. These a n d other clinical a n d pathophysiologic asp
Osseous avascular necrosis associated with systemic abnormalities
β Scribed by John Paul Jones Jr.; Ephraim P. Engleman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 712 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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