Diagnostic Difficulties In a Young Women With Symptoms of Cushing Syndrome

Endocr Pract. 2018 Aug;24(8):766. doi: 10.4158/EP-2017-0257. Epub 2018 Mar 2.

Affiliations

¹ From the 1Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
² Department of Endocrinology and Isotope Therapy, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Puszczykowo Hospital, Puszczykowo, Poland.
⁵ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁶ Department of Medical Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 29498909
DOI: 10.4158/EP-2017-0257

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic / complications
ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic / diagnosis*
ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic / metabolism
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / blood
Adult
Amenorrhea / etiology
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / complications
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / metabolism
Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis*
Cushing Syndrome / etiology
Cushing Syndrome / metabolism
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood
Hydrocortisone / urine
Muscle Weakness / etiology
Obesity, Abdominal / etiology
Radiography, Thoracic
Striae Distensae / etiology
Thymus Neoplasms / complications
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thymus Neoplasms / metabolism
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Weight Gain

Substances

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Hydrocortisone