Cushing Syndrome due to Inappropriate Corticosteroid Topical Treatment of Undiagnosed Scabies

The uncontrolled sale of topical corticosteroids has become an important risk factor for the development of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome in children, especially in countries where medications are sold over the counter. This is exacerbated by the lack of information for both the patients and pharmacis...

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Autores principales: Estrada-Chávez, Guadalupe, Estrada, Roberto, Engelman, Daniel, Molina, Jesus, Chávez-López, Guadalupe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6161154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30274478
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030082
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description The uncontrolled sale of topical corticosteroids has become an important risk factor for the development of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome in children, especially in countries where medications are sold over the counter. This is exacerbated by the lack of information for both the patients and pharmacists. This report documents a series of eight cases of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome secondary to an inappropriate use of topical steroids, due to a misdiagnosis of scabies.
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spelling pubmed-61611542018-10-01 Cushing Syndrome due to Inappropriate Corticosteroid Topical Treatment of Undiagnosed Scabies Estrada-Chávez, Guadalupe Estrada, Roberto Engelman, Daniel Molina, Jesus Chávez-López, Guadalupe Trop Med Infect Dis Case Report The uncontrolled sale of topical corticosteroids has become an important risk factor for the development of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome in children, especially in countries where medications are sold over the counter. This is exacerbated by the lack of information for both the patients and pharmacists. This report documents a series of eight cases of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome secondary to an inappropriate use of topical steroids, due to a misdiagnosis of scabies. MDPI 2018-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6161154/ /pubmed/30274478 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030082 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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