We identified disparities regarding racial distribution, and clinical and biochemical characteristics in ACM, suggesting late or missed diagnosis in Black patients. Large nationwide studies are necessary to confirm our findings. Keywords: acromegaly, Cushing’s disease, race, racial differences, transsphenoidal surgery, remission.

2021年11月24日 · We identified disparities regarding racial distribution, and clinical and biochemical characteristics in ACM, suggesting late or missed diagnosis in Black patients. Large nationwide studies are necessary to confirm our findings.

Little is known about the contribution of racial and socioeconomic disparities to severity and outcomes for children with Cushing disease (CD). 129 children with CD, 45 Hispanic/Latino or African American (HI/AA) and 84 non-Hispanic White (non-HW), are included.

2017年5月17日 · Little is known about the contribution of racial and socioeconomic disparities to severity and outcomes in children with Cushing disease (CD). A total of 129 children with CD, 45 Hispanic/Latino...

2000年9月1日 · The most common endogenous cause of Cushing's syndrome is Cushing's disease. Frequent clinical findings include weight gain, truncal obesity, striae, hypertension, glucose intolerance and...

A 22-year-old black woman presented with symptoms suggestive of Cushing's syndrome three years after chemotherapy for a presumed teratoma with cervical lymphadenopathy. Initially, the absence of clinical signs and the demonstration of two normal 24 h urinary free cortisols appeared to exclude the diagnosis, but an ectopic adrenocorticotropin ...

Cushing's syndrome in Africans. Cushing's syndrome in Africans. Cushing's syndrome in Africans East Afr Med J. 1980 Mar;57(3):174-7. Authors A O Obel, W Gitau. PMID: 7389603 No abstract available ... Black People Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis* Female ...

Cushing's disease is the most frequent cause of endogenous Cushing's syndrome, which is 5 or 6 times more frequent than adrenal Cushing's syndrome, with an incidence of between 1.2 and 2.4 cases per million inhabitants per year. Cushing's disease is 3 …

2021年11月24日 · We identified disparities regarding racial distribution, and clinical and biochemical characteristics in ACM, suggesting late or missed diagnosis in Black patients. Large nationwide studies are necessary to confirm our findings.

The symptoms and signs of Cushing syndrome result directly from chronic exposure to excess glucocorticoid. Establishing the diagnosis is often difficult because few of the symptoms or signs are pathognomonic of the syndrome in isolation.