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Abnormal circulating adrenocorticotropin concentration

MedGen UID:
869154
Concept ID:
C4023574
Finding
Synonyms: Abnormality of circulating ACTH level; Abnormality of circulating adrenocorticotropic hormone level; Abnormality of circulating adrenocorticotropin level; Abnormality of circulating corticotropin level
 
HPO: HP:0011043

Definition

An abnormal concentration of corticotropin in the blood. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormal circulating adrenocorticotropin concentration

Conditions with this feature

Pituitary hormone deficiency, combined, 2
MedGen UID:
209236
Concept ID:
C0878683
Disease or Syndrome
PROP1-related combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) is associated with deficiencies of: growth hormone (GH); thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH); the two gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH); prolactin (PrL); and occasionally adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). At birth, in contrast to individuals with congenital CPHD of other etiologies, neonates with PROP1-related CPHD lack perinatal signs of hypopituitarism. Mean birth weights and lengths are usually within the normal range and neonatal hypoglycemia and prolonged neonatal jaundice are not prevalent findings. Most affected individuals are ascertained because of short stature during childhood. Although TSH deficiency can present shortly after birth, TSH deficiency usually occurs with or after the onset of GH deficiency. Hypothyroidism is usually mild. FSH and LH deficiencies are typically identified at the age of onset of puberty. Affected individuals can have absent or delayed and incomplete secondary sexual development with infertility. Untreated males usually have a small penis and small testes. Some females experience menarche but subsequently require hormone replacement therapy. ACTH deficiency is less common and, when present, usually occurs in adolescence or adulthood. Neuroimaging of hypothalamic-pituitary region usually demonstrates a hypoplastic or normal anterior pituitary lobe and a normal posterior pituitary lobe.

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PubMed

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Etiology

Blalock ZN, Wu GWY, Lindqvist D, Trumpff C, Flory JD, Lin J, Reus VI, Rampersaud R, Hammamieh R, Gautam A; SBPBC, Doyle FJ 3rd, Marmar CR, Jett M, Yehuda R, Wolkowitz OM, Mellon SH
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Stewart PM, Toogood AA, Tomlinson JW
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Korbonits M, Besser M
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Diagnosis

Blalock ZN, Wu GWY, Lindqvist D, Trumpff C, Flory JD, Lin J, Reus VI, Rampersaud R, Hammamieh R, Gautam A; SBPBC, Doyle FJ 3rd, Marmar CR, Jett M, Yehuda R, Wolkowitz OM, Mellon SH
Transl Psychiatry 2024 Jan 10;14(1):22. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02721-x. PMID: 38200001Free PMC Article
Nixon M, Mackenzie SD, Taylor AI, Homer NZ, Livingstone DE, Mouras R, Morgan RA, Mole DJ, Stimson RH, Reynolds RM, Elfick AP, Andrew R, Walker BR
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Haynes BP, Dowsett M, Miller WR, Dixon JM, Bhatnagar AS
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2003 Oct;87(1):35-45. doi: 10.1016/s0960-0760(03)00384-4. PMID: 14630089
Stewart PM, Toogood AA, Tomlinson JW
Horm Res 2001;56 Suppl 1:1-6. doi: 10.1159/000048126. PMID: 11786677
Korbonits M, Besser M
Horm Res 1996;46(4-5):174-82. doi: 10.1159/000185019. PMID: 8950617

Therapy

Russell GM, Henley DE, Leendertz J, Douthwaite JA, Wood SA, Stevens A, Woltersdorf WW, Peeters BW, Ruigt GS, White A, Veldhuis JD, Lightman SL
J Neurosci 2010 Apr 28;30(17):6106-15. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5332-09.2010. PMID: 20427668Free PMC Article
Haynes BP, Dowsett M, Miller WR, Dixon JM, Bhatnagar AS
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2003 Oct;87(1):35-45. doi: 10.1016/s0960-0760(03)00384-4. PMID: 14630089
Hoen S, Asehnoune K, Brailly-Tabard S, Mazoit JX, Benhamou D, Moine P, Edouard AR
Anesthesiology 2002 Oct;97(4):807-13. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200210000-00010. PMID: 12357144
Stewart PM, Toogood AA, Tomlinson JW
Horm Res 2001;56 Suppl 1:1-6. doi: 10.1159/000048126. PMID: 11786677
Volpi R, Caffarra P, Scaglioni A, Saginario A, Maestri D, Vourna S, Vescovi PP, Chiodera P, Coiro V
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Prognosis

Hoen S, Asehnoune K, Brailly-Tabard S, Mazoit JX, Benhamou D, Moine P, Edouard AR
Anesthesiology 2002 Oct;97(4):807-13. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200210000-00010. PMID: 12357144
Arafah BM, Harrington JF, Madhoun ZT, Selman WR
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1990 Aug;71(2):323-8. doi: 10.1210/jcem-71-2-323. PMID: 2166068

Clinical prediction guides

Schmidt A, Borgwardt S, Gerber H, Wiesbeck GA, Schmid O, Riecher-Rössler A, Smieskova R, Lang UE, Walter M
Biol Psychiatry 2014 Aug 15;76(4):289-96. Epub 2013 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.10.019. PMID: 24314348
Khoromi S, Muniyappa R, Nackers L, Gray N, Baldwin H, Wong KA, Matheny LA, Moquin B, Rainer A, Hill S, Remaley A, Johnson LL, Max MB, Blackman MR
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 Nov;91(11):4313-8. Epub 2006 Aug 15 doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-1122. PMID: 16912126
Hoen S, Asehnoune K, Brailly-Tabard S, Mazoit JX, Benhamou D, Moine P, Edouard AR
Anesthesiology 2002 Oct;97(4):807-13. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200210000-00010. PMID: 12357144
Volpi R, Caffarra P, Scaglioni A, Saginario A, Maestri D, Vourna S, Vescovi PP, Chiodera P, Coiro V
J Neural Transm Park Dis Dement Sect 1993;6(2):99-107. doi: 10.1007/BF02261003. PMID: 7509607
Arafah BM, Harrington JF, Madhoun ZT, Selman WR
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1990 Aug;71(2):323-8. doi: 10.1210/jcem-71-2-323. PMID: 2166068

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