Medical comments from Dr. Lewis Blevins MD. Director Center for Pituitary Disorders at University California San Francisco
It should come as no surprise that administration of ACTH can be used to test for insufficient adrenal function. Keep in mind that measures of ACTH and cortisol sometimes give an answer and obviate the need for further testing.
Listen to this engaging podcast where PWN cofounders Dr. Blevins and JD Faccinetti discuss the ins and outs of a Somavert (pegvisomant for injection) dose adjustment based on a recent case. . Don’t miss it!
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – I see a lot of men who are concerned about taking testosterone replacement for hypogonadism due to pituitary disease. Their concerns are primarily related to whether exogenous testosterone
From Lewis S Blevins Jr. MD: A 37-year-old woman presented with visual compromise and headache. MRI demonstrated a 2.0 cm cystic pituitary lesion thought to be representative of a Rathke’s cleft cyst. Pituitary functions were
A case-based approach to medical decision making. Edited by Lewis S Blevins Jr., MD “The Art of Neuroendocrinology: A case-based approach to medical decision-making” is not your standard textbook of pituitary endocrinology. This comprehensive
A lecture delivered at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds by Dr. Lewis Blevins at the University of California, Fresno March 2016.
From Lewis S. Blevins Jr. MD – Let me tell you about my day. I hear about yours. In fact, on most Tuesdays, I see 20 patients. So, I hear about a lot of things.
From Dr. Lewis Blevins: For those of you interested in pituitary stem cells, pituitary development, etc., take a look at this link for a great treatise. “Many aspects of pituitary development have become better understood
From Lewis S Blevins Jr, MD – I define hypopituitarism as the partial or the complete deficiency of one or more anterior pituitary hormones. As a result of how this all works, patients can have
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – I recently addressed a question regarding normal oral glucose suppression test results in a patient who reportedly looked as if they had acromegaly. I wanted to share my
In this exclusive Pituitary World News podcast Dr. Blevins discusses the intricacies of diagnosing pituitary disorders. He talks about how physicians sort through the myriad of symptoms and signs and make clinical decisions about how
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – Ninety per-cent of ACTH-dependent causes of hypercortisolism are related to pituitary adenoma. The remaining 10% are related to ectopic, or non pituitary, sources of ACTH secretion. One-third of
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – Researchers at Harvard Medical School have reported their results on the evaluation of the use of the Late Night Salivary Cortisol (LNSC) in the evaluation of patients who