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1. Cushing's disease in the elderly patient

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Maritza Cardosa Samón, Isabel Marina Moncada Rodríguez, Idania Teresa Mora López, Mirery Merino Martínez, and Mayder Martínez López

Subjects
tumor intraselar, hipercortisolismo, enfermedad de Cushing, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Introduction: Cushing's disease arises from increased ACTH secretion from a pituitary tumor that stimulates the area fasciculata of the adrenal cortex and produces hypersecretion of glucocorticoids. Objectives: To explain the clinical and humoral manifestations of Cushing's disease in elderly adults. Methods: The article is a descriptive and retrospective study of a case report on a 62 year old patient that is admitted to our Center with manifestations of facial plethora and centripetal obesity. Onset was characterized by hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Definitive diagnosis was Cushing's disease from a macroadenoma with increased ACTH secretion.

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2012
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2. Cushing's disease in the elderly patient

Author

Mayder Martínez López, Isabel Marina Moncada Rodríguez, Idania Teresa Mora López, Maritza Cardosa Samón, and Mirery Merino Martínez

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, endocrine system, tumor intraselar, lcsh:Medicine, Disease, hipercortisolismo, Increased ACTH Secretion, Centripetal obesity, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Elderly adults, lcsh:R5-920, Adrenal cortex, business.industry, Pituitary tumors, lcsh:R, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, medicine.disease, humanities, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, business, lcsh:Medicine (General), enfermedad de Cushing
Abstract

Introduction: Cushing's disease arises from increased ACTH secretion from a pituitary tumor that stimulates the area fasciculata of the adrenal cortex and produces hypersecretion of glucocorticoids. Objectives: To explain the clinical and humoral manifestations of Cushing's disease in elderly adults. Methods: The article is a descriptive and retrospective study of a case report on a 62 year old patient that is admitted to our Center with manifestations of facial plethora and centripetal obesity. Onset was characterized by hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Definitive diagnosis was Cushing's disease from a macroadenoma with increased ACTH secretion.

Published
2012

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