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Autopsy of the body of a 45-year-old woman, who was suffering from upper-body obesity, steroid-induced diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, and secondary ovarian dysfunction, shows hypertrichosis, hirsutism, and striae on the skin of the thighs and abdomen. In the anterior part of the pituitary gland there is a tumor (microscopically it is a basophilic adenoma). In the adrenal glands, hyperplasia of the fascicular zone is observed. What diagnosis is the most likely?

Answer options

  1. Cushing disease
  2. Pituitary dwarfism
  3. Cushing syndrome
  4. Simmonds disease
  5. Adiposogcnital dystrophy
Correct answer

Cushing disease

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