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About 1 in 4 people with Cushing’s syndrome caused by a tumor saw their symptoms come back after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor, a new study found. People with Cushing’s disease, which is caused by a pituitary tumor, saw their tumors recur sooner than did those whose…

Reaching a prompt diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome and managing it appropriately during pregnancy are critical for minimizing the condition’s harmful effects on the mother and her child, according to case series that followed five women who gave birth at a clinic in Australia. The series also highlighted the challenges of…

A rare adrenal tumor turned out to be the cause of a man’s Cushing’s syndrome, according to a case report from China. The man had severe metabolic complications related to Cushing’s, but these resolved rapidly following surgical removal of the disease-driving tumor, called a pheochromocytoma. Diagnosing and managing a pheochromocytoma…

Nearly one out of four people with difficult-to-treat type 2 diabetes also has Cushing’s syndrome, according to preliminary data from the Phase 4 CATALYST clinical trial. “These results are very powerful,” Ralph DeFronzo, MD, an investigator on the CATALYST study and professor of medicine at UT Health San Antonio,…

A report detailed the rare case of a woman whose Cushing’s syndrome quickly developed as a result of a silent pheochromocytoma — a rare adrenal gland tumor — that produced and released both corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). The report, “Cushing Syndrome due to a…

Feelings of loneliness and hopelessness affect the majority of people with Cushing’s disease, according to a survey conducted by the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center in New York. Patients often felt they had no choices about their treatment, which contrasted with the perception of healthcare providers at MSK’s…

Psychosis may be more common with Cushing’s disease than previously thought, according to a recent U.S. case report about a 47-year-old woman who had surgery to remove a pituitary tumor, but whose signs of psychosis weren’t evident to her hospital team in the months before the procedure. “This…

The rare case of Cushing’s syndrome due to a cortisol-producing adrenal tumor and acromegaly that resulted from a growth-hormone-producing tumor in the pituitary gland was described in a recent report. Acromegaly occurs when the pituitary gland produces excessive amounts of growth hormone during adulthood, resulting in…

Isturisa (osilodrostat) was able to successfully treat ectopic Cushing’s syndrome due to a lung tumor in a 68-year-old man with lung cancer, according to a recent case report. Treatment led to a reduction in the patient’s blood cortisol levels, which were elevated as a result of the lung tumor…

Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has issued a warning that Gu Jie Ling, an herbal concoction marketed as a “traditional medicine,” contains a drug called dexamethasone that can cause Cushing’s syndrome, and has advised the public not to purchase or consume it. The HSA recommends that people who have…