Cushing's syndrome: still a potential killing disease

P A Younge; D Shmidt; P G Wiles

Cushing's syndrome: still a potential killing disease

J R Soc Med. 1995 Mar;88(3):174P-175P.

Authors

P A Younge¹, D Shmidt, P G Wiles

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, UK.

PMID: 7752165
PMCID: PMC1295145

Abstract

When Harvey Cushing described his syndrome in 1932 he named it the killing disease because of its cardiovascular complications. Heart failure is rarely reported as a presenting feature. We report a case in which left ventricular failure (LVF) was the predominant feature, associated with gross left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) which regressed after treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Adult
Cushing Syndrome / complications*
Female
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*