ea0049ep951 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2017
Bello Carlos Tavares
, Santos Francisco Sousa
, Ferrinhos Catia
, Serra Filipa Alves
, Duarte Joao Sequeira
, Vasconcelos Carlos
Introduction: Cushings syndrome (CS) is a rare disease resulting from prolonged exposure to supraphysiological levels of glucocorticoids. Cushings Disease is the most frequent cause of endogenous CS. This disease has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and is associated with an increased morbi-mortality. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and hypokalemic alkalosis affects up to 50 and 10% of CS patients respectively. Disease onset and severity reflects the magnitude of...