Cushing's syndrome: still a potential killing disease.
When Harvey Cushing described his syndrome in 1932 he named it the killing disease because of its cardiovascular complications. Heart failure is rarely reported as a presenting feature. We report a case in which left ventricular failure (LVF) was the predominant feature, associated with gross left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) which regressed after treatment.
Younge
P A
PA
Department of Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, UK.
Shmidt
D
D
Wiles
P G
PG
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*