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[A diagnostic maze: Cushing's disease]

Moritz C Manstein1, Esther Piel2, Michael Stumvoll3

  • 1Klinik für Innere Medizin - Abteilung für Kardiologie und konservative Intensivmedizin, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Landsberger Allee 49, 10249, Berlin, Deutschland. moritz.manstein@vivantes.de.

Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany)
|January 4, 2024
PubMed

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A 78-year-old woman with heart failure and hypertension was diagnosed with Cushing's disease. This condition was caused by a pituitary microadenoma, identified through advanced diagnostic procedures.

Area of Science:

  • Endocrinology
  • Cardiology
  • Neurosurgery

Background:

  • Cushing's disease, a rare endocrine disorder, results from excessive cortisol production.
  • Pituitary microadenomas are common causes of Cushing's disease, leading to significant cardiovascular and metabolic complications.

Keywords:
Arterial hypertensionCushing’s syndromeHypercortisolismMetabolic syndromePituitary adenoma

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