
Cushing syndrome
- Essentials of Dx: Cushing syndrome
- Central obesity, muscle wasting, hirsutism, purple striae.
- Psychological changes.
- Osteoporosis, hypertension, poor wound healing.
- Hyperglycemia, leukocytosis, lymphocytopenia, hypokalemia.
- Elevated serum cortisol and urinary free cortisol.
- Lack of normal suppression by dexamethasone.
- Reference from CMDT (61st Ed), Pg no: 1175