Acute pancreatitis associated with Cushing syndrome - A case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a rare and severe disease. Acute pancreatitis is the leading cause of hospitalization. The association of the two disease is rare and uncommon. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman admitted in our service for acute pancreatitis and whose Cushing syndrome was diagnosed during hospiatilisation. The aim of this work is to try to understand the influence of de Cushing in acute pancreatitis and to establish a causative relationship between the two diseases.

Observation

It is a 37-year-old woman with a history of corticosteroid intake for six months, stopped three months ago who consulted for epigastralgia and vomiting. The physical exam found epigastric sensitivity with Cushing syndrome symptoms. A CT scan revealed acute edematous-inte

SUBMITTER: Bouali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature