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A successful case of Cushing's disease pregnancy treated with ketoconazole
Fabíola Costenaro1, Ticiana C Rodrigues, Paula B de Lima
1Post Graduate Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) , Porto Alegre , Brazil .
Purpose:
The association of pregnancy and Cushing's disease (CD) is rare. Treatment of Cushing's syndrome (CS) is imperative to reduce maternal and fetal morbidity. Ketoconazole is a widely used drug for CS control when the woman is not pregnant but concerns about its teratogenicity and embryotoxicity restricted its use during pregnancy.
Methods And Results:
We describe a case of a CD patient managed with Ketoconazole during the first and second trimester and other cares for her metabolic CS aspects during pregnancy. She delivered a normal female baby.
Conclusions:
It is supposed that even with treatment the relatively hypercortisolemic mother could protect her child from the embryotoxicity of ketoconazole as proved in rat fetuses and we suggest that ketoconazole could be an emergency pharmacological therapeutic option for CS management during pregnancy.
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