Cushing’s Syndrome Symptoms Causes and Treatment

Cushing’s Syndrome Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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Cushing’s disease:

• Cushing’s syndrome hormone disorder  caused by excessive production of adrenocorticotropic hormone in the body.
• It is more common in women.
• There is hypercortisolemia.
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• Cushing’s disease is hypercortisolemia due to pitu­itary adenomas.
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Cushing’s Syndrome Symptoms

Clinical features:

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• proximal muscle weakness, acne, hir­sutism,
• Menstrual irregularities are common in women with Cushing’s syndrome
• There is leukocytosis, lymphopenia, delayed hyper­sensitivity.
• In patients on steroids there is hyperpigmentation, myopathy,
• hypertension, hypokalemic alkalosis, edema, glucoseGlycogen Storage Diseases von Gierke disease, Andersen's disease, McArdle's disease. Read more ... » intolerance.

Cushing’s Syndrome Lab Diagnosis

• Estimation of 24-hour free cortisol in urine (UFC).
• Failure to suppress plasma cortisol after 1 mg dexamethasone given at night.
• Increased midnight levels of cortisol are found in Cushing’s syndrome (in normal persons the level of cortisol is low at midnight).

Cushing’s Syndrome Treatment

• Transsphenoidal resection Pituitary irradiation
• Ketoconazole, an antimycotic agent, lowers cor­tisol in Cushing’s disease, in doses of 600- 1200 mg/day.
• Other drugs are metyrapone, mitotane
• Adrenalectomy – Removal of both adrenal glands corrects hypercortisolism but results in Nelson’s syndrome i.e. pituitary tumor with high ACTH levels.