Katherine Poinsatte, PhD,  —

An elderly woman developed Cushing’s syndrome after a year of using a so-called magic mouthwash — a rinse containing a potent topical corticosteroid — to treat an inflammatory disease affecting the mouth, according to a case study from Australia. About two months after stopping use of the steroid mouthwash,…

The rare case of a 6-month-old girl in India who developed ectopic Cushing’s syndrome due to a cancerous tumor in her right hip was described in a new study. After completing two rounds of chemotherapy and undergoing surgery, the girl recovered normal functioning in her hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which controls cortisol…