Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease

Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We describe a young lady with poorly controlled diabetes and prolonged period of amenorrhoea who...

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Main Authors: HN Rajaratnam, K Dharshini, Noel Somasundaram, Himashi Kularathna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists 2013-05-01
Series:Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
cushing’s syndrome
amenorrhoea
pregnancy
Online Access:https://sjdem.sljol.info/articles/5498
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spelling doaj-977d72360e8045f5bbf173937154e1e02021-07-14T08:28:11ZengSri Lanka College of EndocrinologistsSri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism2012-998X2013-05-0131252810.4038/sjdem.v3i1.54984376Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s diseaseHN Rajaratnam0K Dharshini1Noel Somasundaram2Himashi Kularathna3Nawaloka HospitalNational Hospital of Sri LankaNational Hospital of Sri LankaNational Hospital of Sri Lanka<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We describe a young lady with poorly controlled diabetes and prolonged period of amenorrhoea who had two children during that period. Further evaluation confirmed Cushing’s disease and control of hypercortisolaemia with medical therapy improved her symptoms. She underwent transsphenoidal surgery and histology revealed a “pituitary adenoma”. Though pregnancy is uncommon in Cushing's syndrome, this case reports the rare possibility of pregnancy in Cushing’s syndrome even without treatment and unusually during a very long period of amenorrhoea.</span></span></span></p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v3i1.5498">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v3i1.5498</a></p> <p><em>Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism</em><em> </em>2013; <strong>3</strong>: 25-28</p>https://sjdem.sljol.info/articles/5498cushing’s syndromeamenorrhoeapregnancy
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author HN Rajaratnam
K Dharshini
Noel Somasundaram
Himashi Kularathna
spellingShingle HN Rajaratnam
K Dharshini
Noel Somasundaram
Himashi Kularathna
Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
cushing’s syndrome
amenorrhoea
pregnancy
author_facet HN Rajaratnam
K Dharshini
Noel Somasundaram
Himashi Kularathna
author_sort HN Rajaratnam
title Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
title_short Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
title_full Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
title_fullStr Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
title_full_unstemmed Two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of Cushing’s disease
title_sort two pregnancies during a nine year period of amenorrhea – a rare presentation of cushing’s disease
publisher Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists
series Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
issn 2012-998X
publishDate 2013-05-01
description <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We describe a young lady with poorly controlled diabetes and prolonged period of amenorrhoea who had two children during that period. Further evaluation confirmed Cushing’s disease and control of hypercortisolaemia with medical therapy improved her symptoms. She underwent transsphenoidal surgery and histology revealed a “pituitary adenoma”. Though pregnancy is uncommon in Cushing's syndrome, this case reports the rare possibility of pregnancy in Cushing’s syndrome even without treatment and unusually during a very long period of amenorrhoea.</span></span></span></p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v3i1.5498">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v3i1.5498</a></p> <p><em>Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism</em><em> </em>2013; <strong>3</strong>: 25-28</p>
topic cushing’s syndrome
amenorrhoea
pregnancy
url https://sjdem.sljol.info/articles/5498
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