Cushing's syndrome secondary to adulterated complementary and alternative medicine.

• Main Authors: Shariff Ghazali, Sazlina, Ahmad, Zaiton
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13843/; http://www.e-mfp.org/old/2009v4n2_3/

This is a case of a 65 year old lady who presented with Cushing's syndrome secondary to ingestion of a complementary and alternative medicine that has been adulterated with exogenous glucocorticoids. In a clinical consultation, it is important to include assessment of complementary and alternat...