Definition
- Q. What is Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What is Cushing’s disease?
- Q. What is pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome?
Epidemiology
Etiology and Pathophysiology
- Q. What are the causes of Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What are the causes of moon face or puffy face?
- Q. What are the causes of periorbital edema?
- Q. What is the commonest cause of Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What are the indications of long-term steroid therapy?
- Q. Tell one absolute indication of steroid therapy.
- Q. What is the difference between Cushing’s disease and Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What are the causes of pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome?
Clinical manifestations
- Q. What are the common features of Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What is the cause of back pain in Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What is the cause of proximal myopathy?
- Q. What are the striae in Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What is striae? What are the causes?
Examinations
- Q. How would you differentiate clinically different causes of Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. How would you differentiate clinically pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome from Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. How can you differentiate striae of Cushing’s syndrome from striae of other causes?
Investigations
- Q. How to investigate this patient?
- Q. What are the biochemical markers of different causes of Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. Why dexamethasone is used in the suppression test? Why not other steroids like prednisolone?
- Q. Which test would differentiate pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome from Cushing’s syndrome?
Diagnosis
- Q. What are the differential diagnosis?
Treatment
- Q. How will you treat this case?
Complications
- Q. What are the causes of death in Cushing’s syndrome?
- Q. What is Nelson’s syndrome?
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