title: Fatal course of cyclic Cushing's disease - lessons from a case.
abstract: We present a 56-year-old patient with cyclic Cushing's disease (CCD) observed for 28 months, who presented clinically and biochemically with alternating episodes of hyper-, normo- and hypocortisolemia. The course of the disease was fatal, the patient died due to severe hypokalemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland. dbblaszyk@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baszko-Blaszyk
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ziemnicka
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waśko
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pietz
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waligórska-Stachura
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gut
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biczysko
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sowiński
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D047748:Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone