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[Organic depressive disorder caused by Cushing's syndrome--case report]
Kathrin Rolle1, Andrea Kopf, Matthias C Angermeyer
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie der Universität Leipzig.
Psychiatrische Praxis
|February 26, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of 35-year old female patient with recurrent depressive disorder and Cushing's syndrome. MRI of the brain revealed a microadenoma of the pituitary gland. After neurosurgery the serum levels of cortisol went back to normal and the clinical and mental state of the patient improved rapidly. Depressive episodes require additional diagnostics to exclude somatic etiology.