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Hypercoagulability in Cushing’s syndrome: past, present, future [PDF]

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Cushing’s syndrome is a chronic disorder characterized by prolonged glucocorticoid exposure, leading to significant multisystem complications. Multiple epidemiological studies have demonstrated a substantially elevated risk of venous thromboembolism in ...
Amit Akirov, Maria Fleseriu
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ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome due to bilateral adrenocortical adenoma: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
The chronic excess of glucocorticoids results in Cushing's syndrome. Cushing's syndrome presents with a variety of signs and symptoms including: central obesity, proximal muscle weakness, fatigue striae, poor wound healing, amenorrhea, and others ...
Majd Sharaf, MD candidate, Rama Al-Saqqa, MD candidate, Mouhammad Kourabi, Associate Professor   +2 more
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Dysbiosis of gut microbiota and decreased propionic acid associated with metabolic abnormality in Cushing’s syndrome

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectiveChronic hypercortisolism leads to a phenotype resembling metabolic syndrome. We aimed to investigate the association between gut microbiota and metabolic abnormalities in endogenous hypercortisolism (Cushing’s syndrome).MethodsA total of 23 ...
Qin Zhang, Wen-mu Hu, Yu-ling Deng, Jin-jing Wan, Yu-jun Wang, Ping Jin   +5 more
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A Case Report of Cushing’s Disease Presenting With Psychosis and Muscle Weakness Postpartum

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023
Cushing’s syndrome is a condition leading to overproducing of cortisol by the adrenal glands. If the pituitary gland overproduces cortisol, it is called Cushing’s disease.
Delaram Eskandari MD, Amir Ziaee MD, Seyed Hossein Samadanifard MD, Seyed Mohammad Tavangar MD, Atefe Tirkan MD, Mohammad Amin ZaeimYekeh MD   +5 more
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Turakulov Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Endocrinology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2020
Background. Cushing’s syndrome is a severe neuro-endocrine pathology, which for many years has been under the scrutiny of many different specialists due to the diversity of its complications.
Z.Yu. Halimova, O.B. Irgasheva
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Cushing’s syndrome manifesting as chronic insomnia caused by adrenal cortical adenoma with incidental pituitary microadenoma: a case report

Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research, 2021
Background: Cushing’s syndrome is condition caused by excessive glucocorticoid with insomnia as one of its neuropsychiatric manifestation. Cushing’s syndrome may be caused by excessive adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH-dependent), for example from ACTH ...
Rizky Rakhmayanti, Tania Tedjo Minuljo, Herlina Suryawati, Alifiati Fitrikasari, Mohamad Adi Soedarso, Dody Priambada   +5 more
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Mifepristone reduces insulin resistance in patient volunteers with adrenal incidentalomas that secrete low levels of cortisol : a pilot study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Incidental adrenal masses are commonly detected during imaging for other pathologies. 10% of the elderly population has an ‘adrenal incidentaloma’, up to 20% of these show low-grade autonomous cortisol secretion and 60% of patients with ...
Chadarevian, Rita, Eastell, R. (Richard), Newell-Price, John, Randeva, Harpal S., Ross, Richard J. M.   +4 more
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A Rare Occurrence of Premature Birth and Recurrent Acute Pulmonary Oedema in the Mother due to Cushing’s Syndrome

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2022
Presentation of Cushing’s syndrome during pregnancy is extremely rare. We report a 21-year-old female with Cushing’s syndrome diagnosed at 23 weeks of gestation and had recurrent acute pulmonary oedema during the antepartum and postpartum period.
Dorothy Maria A/p Anthony Bernard, Ooi Xin Yi, Hema Lata A/p Veerasamy, Mohamed Badrulnizam Long Bidin, See Chee Keong   +4 more
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Usefulness of cortisol/ACTH ratio (CAR) for diagnosis of cushing's syndrome: comparison of CAR with findings in dexamethasone suppression test

Scientific Reports, 2022
Cushing's syndrome and subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS) are conditions of increased cortisol secretion from the adrenal glands. Cushing's syndrome includes adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing's syndrome (Cushing's disease) and ACTH ...
Yuichiro Iwamoto, Fuminori Tatsumi, Takashi Itoh, Taku Sasaki, Shigehito Mori, Toshitomo Sugisaki, Erina Nakao, Mana Ohnishi, Takashi Kusano, Haruka Takenouchi, Hideyuki Iwamoto, Junpei Sanada, Yoshiro Fushimi, Yukino Katakura, Tomohiko Kimura, Masashi Shimoda, Shuhei Nakanishi, Kohei Kaku, Tomoatsu Mune, Hideaki Kaneto   +19 more
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Cushing’s Syndrome during Pregnancy: Post Delivery Adrenalectomy Consequent to Medical Management without Adrenal Enzyme Inhibitors

Galen Medical Journal, 2012
A 32-year-old female, gravid two, para one, with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) was admitted to our hospital at 25 week of gestation with severe hypercortisolism. Basal urinary free cortisol (UFC) was elevated about 10 times above the upper limit of normal in two separate times and plasma cortisol failed to suppress after an overnight 1mg dexamethasone ...
Fatemeh Esfahanian, Firoozeh Faiz, Mohammad Mahdi Zamani, Sedigheh Hantoushzadeh   +3 more
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