Name 6 major clinical signs of Cushing's Disease.
- PU/PD
- Bilateral truncal alopecia
- Dermal atrophy & fragility
- Muscle atrophy
- Pot belly
- Insulin resistance
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- A Cushingoid patient presents with acute, severe respiratory distress. What is your top concern?
- Name 3 reasons for the classic "pot bellied" appearance of animals with Cushing's Disease.
- What age group is most commonly affected by Cushing's Disease?
- Name 3 physiologic mechanisms of PU/PD in a Cushingoid animal.
- Cushing's Disease in cats shares a common presentation with another endocrine disease. What is the presentation, what is the other disease, and is there a simple way to distinguish the two?
- True or false: adrenal tumors occur much more frequently in female dogs than in males.
- Name 4 dog breeds predisposed to Cushing's Disease.