RT Book, Section A1 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 58113232 T1 Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing Disease or Syndrome) T2 Quick Answers Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58113232 RD 2024/03/29 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)