Hypercortisolism is associated with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. A 75-year-old female patient who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder forty years ago was admitted to our hospital with a severe, therapy-resistant mania. Careful diagnostic considerations, resulted in the patient being diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome. Treatment with metyrapone led to a swift improvement of the patient's symptoms. Could Cushing's syndrome underlie this patient's psychiatric history? Or are two co-existing, intertwining causes responsible for the psychiatric symptoms? The case illustrates that even if a patient has a long history of psychiatric problems that have been plausibly diagnosed over time, clinicians and psychiatrists s...
Psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms due to hypercortisolism were already described by Harvey Cus...
Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is associated with a specific spectrum of dementia-like symptoms, including ...
Introduction: Kluver and Bucy described a behavioral syndrome in rhesus monkeys following bilateral ...
Hypercortisolism is associated with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. A 75-yea...
Summary Cushing’s syndrome is a multisystem disorder, which can present with a spectrum of manifest...
Glucocorticoids are crucial in the initiation and consolidation of the stress response. Patients wit...
There has been growing interest in the psychosocial aspects of Cushing's syndrome, such as the role ...
Background: Cushing\u27s syndrome is the term used to describe a set of symptoms associated with hyp...
Psychiatric symptoms may be part of the clinical manifestations of Cushing?s syndrome. Acute psychos...
An 81-year-old woman was hospitalised for behavioural disorders that had been progressively emerging...
CONTEXT: Psychiatric symptoms are common in Cushing's disease (CD) and seem only partly reversible f...
CONTEXT: Psychiatric symptoms are common in Cushing's disease (CD) and seem only partly reversible f...
Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS), a rare endocrine disorder characterized by cortisol hypersecreti...
This clinical case presentation describes the disease trajectory in two patients who presented with ...
Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is associated with a specific spectrum of dementia-like symptoms, including ...
Psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms due to hypercortisolism were already described by Harvey Cus...
Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is associated with a specific spectrum of dementia-like symptoms, including ...
Introduction: Kluver and Bucy described a behavioral syndrome in rhesus monkeys following bilateral ...
Hypercortisolism is associated with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. A 75-yea...
Summary Cushing’s syndrome is a multisystem disorder, which can present with a spectrum of manifest...
Glucocorticoids are crucial in the initiation and consolidation of the stress response. Patients wit...
There has been growing interest in the psychosocial aspects of Cushing's syndrome, such as the role ...
Background: Cushing\u27s syndrome is the term used to describe a set of symptoms associated with hyp...
Psychiatric symptoms may be part of the clinical manifestations of Cushing?s syndrome. Acute psychos...
An 81-year-old woman was hospitalised for behavioural disorders that had been progressively emerging...
CONTEXT: Psychiatric symptoms are common in Cushing's disease (CD) and seem only partly reversible f...
CONTEXT: Psychiatric symptoms are common in Cushing's disease (CD) and seem only partly reversible f...
Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS), a rare endocrine disorder characterized by cortisol hypersecreti...
This clinical case presentation describes the disease trajectory in two patients who presented with ...
Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is associated with a specific spectrum of dementia-like symptoms, including ...
Psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms due to hypercortisolism were already described by Harvey Cus...
Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is associated with a specific spectrum of dementia-like symptoms, including ...
Introduction: Kluver and Bucy described a behavioral syndrome in rhesus monkeys following bilateral ...