Presentation of three cases and review in the literature: Cushing's syndrome

Presentación de tres casos y revisión en la literatura: Síndrome de Cushing

Hypercortisolims is an infrequent disease with multi-systemic compromise and increases morbility and mortality. Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common complications associaded with Cushing syndrome. The prognosis of this disease is affected by the difficulties associated with its diagnosis and treatment. Clearly, Cushing syndrome is still a clinical challenge. Cushing syndrome can be classified in ACTH dependent or ACTH independent. ACTH-dependent causes are more frequent, however, ACTH-independent causes are responsible of less than 15% of Cushing`s syndrome and are secondary to adrenal tumors. Three cases of adrenal Cushing are reported with a review of the main clinical points of Cushing syndrome.