Delayed diagnosis of Cushing's disease in a pediatric patient due to apparent remission from spontaneous apoplexy

Sara H. Rahman1,2,3, Prashant Chittibonia1,4, Martha Quezado1,5, Nicholas Patronas1,6, Constantine A. Stratakis1,7, Maya B. Lodish1,7
1Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
2Frank H. Netter SOM, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT 06473, USA
3National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
4Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
5Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
6Diagnostic Radiology Department, NIH Clinical Center (CC), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
7Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA

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