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ea0037ep1236 | Clinical Cases–Pituitary/Adrenal | ECE2015

Accelerated sarcopenia as an initial manifestation of Cushing's disease

Pichaipillai Lakshminarayanan , Kumar Mohit , Pathmanathan Sivatharshya , Tiong Denise , Higham Claire

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome usually presents with a phenotype including central obesity, striae, hypertension and diabetes. We report a case of Cushing’s syndrome presenting in an atypical manner.Case: A 73 year old lady was referred to neurology with a year’s history of progressive limb wasting, weakness and recurrent falls. The neurology team diagnosed accelerated sarcopenia. Investigations included CK (normal), EMG (suggested myopa...