Alcohol-induced cushingoid syndrome.

Alcohol-induced Cushingoid syndrome.

with Hypaque was performed before the expected date of ovulation, and laparoscopy before menstruation.' All but one of the laparoscopies were performed under local anaesthesia2 with about 30 ml aqueous methylene blue injected under low pressure into the uterine cavity. On laparoscopy the dye could be seen traversing patent tubes and spilling into the pouch of Douglas. Bilateral tubal patency wa...

Atypical case of alcohol-induced Cushingoid syndrome.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Background: About 40 thousand newborns are delivered annually with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). It induces serious CNS complications. Methods: In a review of, the word “fetal alcohol syndrome” was searched in PubMed and Google Scholar and the retrieved articles were summarized. Results: Many studies showed that alcohol can cause more defects in fetus than heroin, cocaine and marijuana. The pos...

Severe alcohol-induced liver disease and the alcohol dependence syndrome.

AIMS To examine the hypothesis that patients who present in the UK to detoxification services differ from patients who present with severe alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD) with respect to severity of dependence on alcohol and other features of their drinking history. METHODS Levels of alcohol dependence were assessed in 34 patients with severe ALD, all of whom were cirrhotic, and 34 subjec...

Laminitis in the Obese Mature Horse Peripheral Cushingoid Syndrome (“Equine Metabolic Syndrome”)

Obesity is a very common medical problem with which modern horses are faced in large part because of the impositions and requirements of modern management practices. In many respects, the tendency for adult horses to develop obesity and the endocrinopathic consequences of obesity-associated insulin insensitivity closely parallels adult-onset diabetes mellitus in human beings. Non-insulin depend...