NELSON SYNDROME

Course overview

NELSON SYNDROME OR POST ADRENALECTOMY SYNDROME WAS FIRST REPORTED IN 1958 BY DR. DON H. NELSON, AN ENDOCRINOLOGY FELLOW AT THE TIME. THIS CLINICAL SYNDROME WAS INITIALLY CALLED A POSTADRENALECTOMY SYNDROME, BUT LATER IT WAS NAMED AFTER DR. NELSON AS "NELSON SYNDROME." THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF NELSON SYNDROME AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.