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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302004000300015
Pregnancy is a rare occurrence in Cushing’s syndrome (CS) and it is associated with severe arterial hypertension in 64.6% of cases; infertility and abortion occur in 75% of patients with CS. In the event of a pregnancy in CS the etiology of hypercortisolism is the cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma in most cases. A most severe complication of high blood pressure in pregnancy is the HELLP syndrome. We report two cases of pregnancy in patients with CS, who developed a severe, sudden […]
Keywords: Cushing’s syndrome; HELLP syndrome; pregnancy