Metyrapone is used to treat this condition.
Treatment of leukemias or autoimmune diseases often causes the iatrogenic form of this condition, whose manifestation is the avascular necrosis of the femoral head due to the frequent formation of fat emboli. Metyrapone is used to treat this condition. This syndrome can be a paraneoplastic syndrome resulting from pancreatic carcinoma or smallÂ­cell carcinoma of the lung. This condition can arise from the overproduction of a peptide synthesized from POMC. This syndrome is characterized by hirsutism, osteoporosis, and immune suppression. This condition can be diagnosed using a (*) dexamethasone suppression test. Sufferers of this syndrome present with abdominal obesity, reddish stretch marks, and a moon face. Most commonly, this syndrome is caused by a disease of the same name, which is characterized by a pituitary adenoma. For 10 points, name this syndrome discovered by an American neurosurgeon, which is characterized by too much cortisol in the body.
Treatment of leukemias or autoimmune diseases often causes the iatrogenic form of this condition, whose manifestation is the avascular necrosis of the femoral head due to the frequent formation of fat emboli.
Cushing's syndrome [accept Cushing's disease, but know that Sriram really doesn't want you to]