Support Needs of Patients with Cushing’s Disease and Cushing’s Syndrome: Results of a Survey Conducted in Germany and the USA by Ilonka Kreitschmann-Andermahr, Sonja Siegel, Christa Gammel, Karen Campbell, Leslie Edwin, Agnieszka Grzywotz, Victoria Kuhna, Maria Koltowska-Häggström, Oliver Müller, Michael Buchfelder, Bernadette Kleist

“…Background. Cushing’s disease (CD) and Cushing’s syndrome (CS) are chronic illnesses, characterized by symptoms of prolonged hypercortisolism, which often changes to hypocortisolism after successful treatment. …”
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Three Successful Pregnancies in a Patient with Recurrent Cushing’s Disease by W. Benothman, G. Saad, M. Kacem, K. Ach

“…The association of pregnancy and Cushing’s disease (CD) is rare. A 28-year-old woman was admitted for clinical suspicion of Cushing’s syndrome. …”
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Cushing’s disease with twin pregnancy and diabetes mellitus: a case report and literature review by Hideyasu Asai, Ikuo Yamamori, Shigeru Hagimoto, Kyoichi Okumura, Koki Sakakibara

“…Spontaneous vaginal delivery resulted in the normal delivery of live twins. A diagnosis of Cushing’s disease (CD) was established when papery skin developed postpartum. …”
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Performance of Vasopressin Stimulated Bilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling in Corticotropin Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome with Negative or Equivocal 3 Tesla Contrast Enhanced... by Puneet Shivnani, Rajeev Kasliwal, Gourav Goyal, Jyoti Sharma, Utkarsh Balani, Pankaj Gupta, Bhawani S. Sharma, Dinesh Yadav, Vineet Mishra, Surendra K. Sharma

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Impaired cardiac pumping function and increased afterload as determinants of early hemodynamic alterations in Cushing disease by Agnieszka Włochacz, Paweł Krzesiński, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Przemysław Witek, Grzegorz Zieliński, Anna Kazimierczak, Robert Wierzbowski, Małgorzata Banak, Grzegorz Gielerak

“…Abstract The long-term hypercortisolemia of Cushing disease (CD) may lead to hemodynamic disorders by increasing subclinical cardiac and vascular dysfunction. …”
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Challenges in diagnosis and treatment of cushing disease in a 12-year-old boy. Case report by Agim Gjikopulli, Sonila Tomori, Marjeta Tanka, Donjeta Bali

“… Cushing’s Disease (CD), defined as hypercortisolism caused by excess Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) secretion by a pituitary corticotroph adenoma, rarely presents in the pediatric age range. …”
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Mutual associations among responsiveness to differential diagnostic tests for Cushing’s disease, tumor size, and somatostatin receptor 5 expression in corticotroph tumors by Karolina Budzen, Kosuke Mukai, Yuto Mitsui, Michio Otsuki, Atsunori Fukuhara, Satoru Oshino, Youichi Saitoh, Masaharu Kohara, Eiichi Morii, Iichiro Shimomura

“…There are differences in the responsiveness to differential diagnostic tests for Cushing’s disease (CD), corticotroph tumor size, and the somatostatin receptor (SSTR) 5 expression in corticotroph tumors between CD patients. …”
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Evaluating the usefulness of plasma chromogranin A measurement in cyclic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome by Keisuke Kakizawa, Miho Yamashita, Yuto Kawauchi, Akira Ikeya, Kenji Ohba, Akio Matsushita

“…The experience in evaluating this patient prompted us to investigate the potential use of plasma chromogranin A as a diagnostic marker of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome. A retrospective study was conducted to determine the efficacy of plasma chromogranin A in three patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS), including the present case, and six patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) who visited our hospital between 2018 and 2021. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome: A 15-Year Experience from Thailand by Wasita Warachit Parksook, Nitchakarn Laichuthai, Sarat Sunthornyothin

“…The most common subtype of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is Cushing’s disease (CD), with higher proportions of adrenal CS reported from Asia, compared to other continents. …”
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