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More than a century ago, Dr. [[Harvey Cushing]] (an American physician, surgeon, and endocrinologist) identified Cushing's syndrome | More than a century ago, Dr. [[Harvey Cushing]] (an American physician, surgeon, and endocrinologist) identified Cushing's syndrome. He introduced the term “pluriglandular syndrome” to describe a disorder characterized by rapid development of central obesity, arterial hypertension, proximal muscle | ||
weakness, diabetes mellitus, oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, thin skin, and ecchymoses. This was later identified as Cushing's syndrome. <ref>Cushing HW. ''The basophil adenomas of the pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism).'' Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 1932;50:137-195.</ref><ref name="pmid28402781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Loriaux DL |title=Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=376 |issue=15 |pages=1451–1459 |year=2017 |pmid=28402781 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra1505550 |url=}}</ref> | weakness, diabetes mellitus, oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, thin skin, and ecchymoses. This was later identified as Cushing's syndrome. <ref>Cushing HW. ''The basophil adenomas of the pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism).'' Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 1932;50:137-195.</ref><ref name="pmid28402781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Loriaux DL |title=Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=376 |issue=15 |pages=1451–1459 |year=2017 |pmid=28402781 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra1505550 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Overview
Cushing's syndrome was first identified by Dr. Harvey Cushing (an American physician, surgeon, and endocrinologist) in 1932.
Historical Perspective
More than a century ago, Dr. Harvey Cushing (an American physician, surgeon, and endocrinologist) identified Cushing's syndrome. He introduced the term “pluriglandular syndrome” to describe a disorder characterized by rapid development of central obesity, arterial hypertension, proximal muscle weakness, diabetes mellitus, oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, thin skin, and ecchymoses. This was later identified as Cushing's syndrome. [1][2]
References
- ↑ Cushing HW. The basophil adenomas of the pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism). Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 1932;50:137-195.
- ↑ Loriaux DL (2017). "Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome". N. Engl. J. Med. 376 (15): 1451–1459. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1505550. PMID 28402781.