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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2020

A 40-year-old woman dies of intracerebral hemorrhage after the hypertensive emergency. During an autopsy, the pathologist reveals severe obesity, excess of body hair and wide purplish stria on the abdomen. Microscopic examination of pituitary gland reveals hyperplastic acini populated by a homogenous cluster of deeply basophilic cells. Which of the following was the most likely underlying disease?

Answer options

  1. Sheehan’s syndrome
  2. Cushing disease
  3. Arterial hypertension
  4. -
  5. Hyperthyroidism
Correct answer

Cushing disease

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