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The Man Unable to Feel Fear
Jordy is a British man who has been dealing with Cushing’s and many surgeries. He finds rollercoasters boring, barely broke a sweat zip-wiring off the Tyne bridge and even a parachute jump did not...
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Differences Between Cushing’s Syndrome and Cushing’s Disease
What’s the difference between Cushing’s Disease and Cushing’s Syndrome? Cushing’s syndrome is a hormonal disorder Cortisol is a normal hormone produced in the outer portion of the adrenal glands. When...
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One Of A Kind: Despite use of only one lung, right guard Dillon Reagan helps...
The Big Uglies. The Big Nasties. The Hogs. All terms used to describe a football team’s offensive line. More often than not, it takes a special breed of player to be willing to do battle in the...
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Rare neuroendocrine tumours may be misdiagnosed as Cushing’s disease
By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Ectopic tumours secreting corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are very rare in children and can result in a...
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Myth: “All types of Cushing’s are the same”
Myth: “All types of Cushing’s are the same” Fact: In the words of our dear friend and advocate, Robin Ess, “There are many genetic varieties with quite a few discovered in the past couple of years....
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Severe psychosis due to Cushing’s syndrome in a patient with a carcinoid...
Severe psychosis in patients with Cushing’s syndrome is a rare occurrence and can be extremely resistant to medical therapy. We describe a case of a 51-year-old Afro-Caribbean female patient, with...
View ArticleACTH-producing Lung Tumors Hard to Detect, But May Be Cured with Surgery
Ectopic Cushing’s syndrome can be challenging to diagnose, especially when it comes identifying the problem source. But appropriate hormone management protocols, used in combination with advanced...
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Cushing’s and Hairy Nipples
Hairy nipples are a common condition in women. The amount of hair on the nipples varies, but some women find that the hair becomes long, coarse, and dark, which can be distressing. Hairy nipples are...
View ArticleCushing’s Patients at Risk of Life-threatening Pulmonary Fungal Infection
Cushing’s disease patients who exhibit nodules or masses in their lungs should be thoroughly investigated to exclude fungal infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, a study from China suggests. While...
View ArticlePatient Develops Cyclic Cushing’s Syndrome Due to Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor
Tumors located outside the pituitary gland that produce the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) may cause, on rare occasions, cyclic Cushing’s syndrome — when cortisol levels show substantial...
View ArticleLung Neuroendocrine Tumors With Cushing Syndrome Not Biologically Aggressive
Neuroendocrine pulmonary tumors in people with Cushing syndrome (CS) are associated with increased nodal metastasis, higher recurrence, and lower disease-free survival compared with quiescent...
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Adrenocorticotropin-Dependent Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome: A Case Report
Abstract Paraneoplastic syndromes are rare and diverse conditions caused by either an abnormal chemical signaling molecule produced by tumor cells or a body’s immune response against the tumor itself....
View ArticleAn Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome with Severe Psychiatric Presentation
an-ectopic-cushingrsquos-syndrome-with-severe-psychiatric-presentation-9744 We report a case of severe EAS in a young Tunisian man resulting from a well differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) of the...
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Delayed Diagnosis of Ectopic Cushing Syndrome
Abstract Here, we present the case of a 40-year-old man in whom the diagnosis of ectopic adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) syndrome went unrecognized despite evaluation by multiple providers until it was...
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