Case report: Beneficial effect of 11β-hydroxylase inhibitor in the management of an elderly patient with an androgen-producing inoperable adrenal tumor

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2013 Apr;13(2):509-11. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12027.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Androgens / metabolism
  • Cushing Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Estradiol / blood
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / blood
  • Metyrapone / therapeutic use*
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Testosterone / blood

Substances

  • Androgens
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Testosterone
  • Estradiol
  • Dexamethasone
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Metyrapone