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CUSHING'S
SYNDROME
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| Bulky
trunk but slender limbs, |
| The
contour described as a 'lemon on match-sticks', |
| The
full-moon face and the neck plump, |
| The
rounded shoulders and a 'bufello hump', |
| The
pursed lips and acne eruption- |
| On
tissue-paper skin, with repeated infection |
| The
dusky skin has excessive hair, |
| This
hypertricosis is lanugo ,tender. |
| The
fresh red striae on the stretched abdomen, |
| And
at any age develops hypertension. |
| In
the female patients the cycles are absent, |
| And
with 'Cushing's syndrome' the males are impotent. |
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| 2001-2003©
Dr.Hemant Vinze. |
