Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pseudo-Cushing’s syndromes are a heterogeneous group of disorders and include alcoholism, obesity, anorexia nervosa (AN), depression and intense physical exercise. These share biochemical features of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) causing ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism. Distorted body image is a prominent feature of eating disorders. We describe the case of patient with AN who was convinced she had CS. This led to investigations that confirmed hypercortisolis...