TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing Disease or Syndrome) A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Due to chronic glucocorticoid excess• Facial plethora, dorsocervical fat pad, supraclavicular fat pad, truncal obesity, easy bruisabilility, purple striae, hirsutism, impotence or amenorrhea, muscle weakness, and psychosis• Hypertension• Hyperglycemia• Includes Cushing disease (excess adrenocorticotropic hormone [ACTH] produced by pituitary adenomas) and Cushing syndrome (ectopic ACTH syndrome or primary adrenal disease resulting in glucocorticoid secretion independent of ACTH stimulation) SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58113232 ER -