Central type of Cushing Syndrome in dogs and cats

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.