Blood Clot Risk in Cushing’s Disease Patients May Extend Well Beyond Pituitary Surgery, Case Study Finds
People with Cushing’s disease are much more likely than others to develop blood clots, including rare ones in the brain, even after a pituitary surgery normalizes their cortisol levels, a case report shows. This finding suggests that patients should be managed with prophylactic (preventive) blood thinners from diagnosis and…