Cushing's syndrome

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Cushing's syndrome

[′ku̇sh·iŋz ‚sin‚drōm]

(medicine)

A complex of symptoms including facial and truncal obesity, hypertension, edema, and osteoporosis, resulting from oversecretion of adrenocortical hormones.

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Nieman, "The role of [(18)F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and [(111)In]-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate-D-Phe-pentetreotide scintigraphy in the localization of ectopic adrenocorticotropin -secreting tumors causing Cushing's syndrome," Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol.

A challenging case of an Ectopic Cushing syndrome

Screening for Cushing's syndrome in obese patients.

Obesity and hypercortisolism: pitfalls in the Diagnosis/Obesidade e hipercortisolismo: armadilhas no diagnostico

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.

Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy: a diagnostic conundrum

Endogenous Cushing's syndrome can have three causes.

When to think Cushing's in type 2 diabetes

It is important to consider Cushing's syndrome as a differential diagnosis and that the diagnosis of adrenal suppression is not missed.

Adrenal suppression and Cushing's syndrome secondary to ritonavir and budesonide

A new period starts for the patient with Cushing's syndrome after a surgical operation.

"Endo-depression" in surgical patients: why surgeons may more effectively treat depression

Cushing's syndrome attributable to ectopic secretion of corticotropin in a patient with two neuroendocrine tumors.

Ectopic Cushing's syndrome: some facts

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.

Cushing's guidelines clarify when testing is appropriate

He correctly diagnosed Cushing's Syndrome and though he was about to retire admitted he had never seen a case."

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KEY WORDS: adrenocortical carcinoma, Cushing's syndrome, hirsutism, pheochromocytoma, synaptophysin, virilization

A woman with long-standing hypertension diagnosed with metastatic adrenal carcinoma

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.