Ms. Liebling et al., ACTH INDUCED ADRENAL ENLARGEMENT IN INFANTS TREATED FOR INFANTILE SPASMS AND ACUTE CEREBELLAR ENCEPHALOPATHY, Pediatric radiology, 23(6), 1993, pp. 454-456
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22
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
ACTH is used in childhood to treat infantile spasms and acute cerebell
ar encephalopathy (opsoclonus-cerebellar ataxia syndrome). We report t
wo infants with ultrasonographic and CT evidence of massive, reversibl
e adrenal enlargement secondary to exogenous ACTH therapy for these di
sorders.