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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2009

A patient with android-type obesity had been suffering from arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia, glycosuria for a long time and died from the cerebral hemorrhage. Pathologic examination revealed pituitary basophil adenoma, adrenal cortex hyperplasia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Adiposogenital dystrophy
  2. Diabetes mellitus
  3. Itsenko-Cushing’s syndrome
  4. Acromegalia
  5. Pituitary nanism
Correct answer

Itsenko-Cushing’s syndrome

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