Publications by authors named "Nirit Aviran-Barak"

Objective: To evaluate the clinical presentation, biochemical profile, and etiology of Cushing's syndrome (CS) in women stratified by age.

Methods: Retrospective study of patients with CS, treated at Rabin Medical Center from 2000 to 2020, or Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel from 2005 to 2017. Disease etiology, presentation and biochemical profile were compared according to age at diagnosis: ≤ 45, 46-64, or ≥ 65 years.

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This is a case study of a 25-year-old female, Ashkenazy Jewish, previously healthy, presented with a complaint of weakness. Her sugar level on the glucometer was 50 mg% and she felt better after ingestion of a small amount of sugar. Two weeks earlier, while traveling in Peru, she developed thyrotoxicosis and began taking Mercaptizol 30 mg a day and Atenolol 100 mg.

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: Reports on clinical and biochemical differences between adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary microadenomas and macroadenomas are limited and inconsistent. Compare clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with corticotroph microadenomas and macroadenomas and assess predictive factors for biochemical response to dynamic testing for Cushing's disease (CD) in a clinical trial and a systematic review. A second aim was to evaluate differences between macroadenomas with and without cavernous and sphenoid sinus invasion.

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Purpose: The most common etiology of Cushing's syndrome (CS) is an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma (pitCS), reported as 2-3 times more frequent than primary adrenal CS (adrCS). We aimed to analyze and compare features of patients with pitCS and adrCS.

Methods: A retrospective file review of 196 consecutive patients (age 46.

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Objective: To investigate the incidence of Cushing's syndrome (CS) in patients with significant hypercortisoluria and the performance of urinary free cortisol (UFC) screening.

Design: Retrospective file review.

Methods: The computerized database of a publicly funded health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel was searched for all patients who underwent 24-h UFC testing in 2005-2014 with a result of more than twice the upper limit of normal (ULN).

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