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Screening for
Cushing's syndrome in obese patients.
Cushing's syndrome is rarely diagnosed before 12 to 26 weeks of gestation because the typical symptoms of weight gain, bruising and hirsutism are attributed to pregnancy.
Endogenous
Cushing's syndrome can have three causes.
It is important to consider
Cushing's syndrome as a differential diagnosis and that the diagnosis of adrenal suppression is not missed.
A new period starts for the patient with
Cushing's syndrome after a surgical operation.
Cushing's syndrome attributable to ectopic secretion of corticotropin in a patient with two neuroendocrine tumors.
In addition, because
Cushing's syndrome is progressive, patients who demonstrate an accumulation of new features should be tested, as should patients who develop features of the condition, such as osteoporosis and hypertension, which are atypical in the general population for individuals their age.
He correctly diagnosed
Cushing's Syndrome and though he was about to retire admitted he had never seen a case."
KEY WORDS: adrenocortical carcinoma,
Cushing's syndrome, hirsutism, pheochromocytoma, synaptophysin, virilization
His other important work was on the surgery of tumours of the brain and of the pituitary gland, and his work is commemorated today in that we still use the term '
Cushing's Syndrome' to describe the effects of excess corticosteroids.
