Endocrine Abstracts

Respiratory muscle weakness and diaphragmatic failure is a rare presentation of hypercortisolism. We report a case of Cushing’s syndrome in a 60-year-old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis, biliary cirrhosis and hypothyroidism. She presented to the Respiratory Physicians with progressive worsening of shortness of breath. Clinical assessment excluded infective pathology, cardiac failure or asthma. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) showed re...

Respiratory muscle weakness and diaphragmatic failure is a rare presentation of hypercortisolism. We report a case of Cushing’s syndrome in a 60-year-old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis, biliary cirrhosis and hypothyroidism. She presented to the Respiratory Physicians with progressive worsening of shortness of breath. Clinical assessment excluded infective pathology, cardiac failure or asthma. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) showed re...