Steroid Induced Cushing Syndrome: A Case Report

Glucocorticoids are effective steroid medicines that reduce inflammation. They are often used to treat asthma, allergic disorders such as psoriasis, dermatitis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Long-term corticosteroid use causes symptoms such as moon face, buffalo hump, pink stretch marks, and weight gain. Here we report a 31-year-old female patient developed Cushing syndrome due to continuous prednisolone use. She had rheumatoid arthritis in the last six months and is currently taking prednisolone. She has been experiencing symptoms such as moon face, backache, edema, abdominal distension, muscle weakness, tingling and numbness of both lower limbs till hip region in the last three weeks. Her serum cortisol levels are high. Keywords: Prednisolone, Cushing syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, cortisol, moon face, steroids.