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A type of minimally invasive surgery to remove pituitary tumors through the nose, called endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, was found to be safe and led to remission from Cushing’s disease, with patients seeing no recurrences, a study in China reports. The procedure involved identifying pituitary and tumor layers before the…

A 47-year-old woman with Cushing’s disease was initially misdiagnosed with an anxiety disorder, ultimately leading to her developing additional complications, scientists in China reported. The woman was diagnosed with Cushing’s disease after an ineffective psychiatric intervention, but continued taking high doses of psychiatric medications after surgery to remove a…

People with Cushing’s syndrome have a high disease burden linked to persistent symptoms of weight gain, pain, and anxiety, despite being treated, a recent study reported. These observations highlight the need for interventions that address these persistent symptoms and “underscore the importance of the patient’s perspective in clinical decision making…

A 46-year-old woman with a history of Cushing’s disease had a heart attack from an unusual cause — a tear in the coronary artery not due to trauma — and her disease may have contributed to the attack, scientists reported. A spontaneous tear, or dissection, in the wall of…

A 48-year-old woman in Belgium was found to have a hormone-producing tumor located in the sphenoid sinus, a hollow space behind the nose and between the eyes, in a rare case of Cushing’s syndrome. The tumor perfectly mimicked the biological characteristics of a classical pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing tumor on…

A Phase 4 clinical trial will assess the prevalence of excessive cortisol, or hypercortisolism, in people with difficult-to-treat type 2 diabetes, and the effectiveness of Korlym (mifepristone) in lowering cortisol levels, Corcept Therapeutics announced. The two-part, placebo-controlled CATALYST (NCT05772169) study is expected to enroll up to…

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was diagnosed with Cushing’s caused by advanced adrenal gland cancer, a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis, scientists reported. Her case highlights the difficulties in diagnosing and treating such tumors, particularly during pregnancy, when hormonal changes can camouflage its symptoms. “It is reported that benign and malignant…

The risk of consuming supplements was recently highlighted in a case of a woman with Cushing’s syndrome caused by prolonged use of an over-the-counter arthritis product containing a glucocorticoid. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with Cushing’s based on her typical disease features together with her long exposure to the…

A recent case of a man with Cushing’s disease illustrates a rare psychiatric manifestation of the disease — symptoms of functional neurological disorder (FND), according to a report. FND is where patients experience a series of neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological disorder. “To our knowledge, this…

A 33-year-old man with ectopic Cushing’s syndrome saw his symptoms ease after undergoing surgery to remove a rare, slow-growing cancer tumor from his chest. The carcinoid tumor, a type of neuroendocrine tumor, was the cause of the man’s condition, according to researchers. “The patient had complete resolution of symptoms…