| dc.description.abstract | Canine hyperadrenocorticism is a disorder caused by excessive production of cortisol by
the adrenal cortex. Diagnosis equipment and knowledge are existing nowadays and
continue to develop since it has different way to appear from an individual to another.
With treatment, this disease is manageable but without it is generally progressive with an
unfavourable prognosis. In untreated hyperadrenocorticism, death may result from
metastasis of an adrenocortical carcinoma, growth of a pituitary tumor, or most
commonly from complications associated with sustained hypercortisolism itself such as
hypertension, cardiovascular disease, thromboembolism, glucose intolerance, and
increased susceptibility to infection. | en_US |
