Steroid Excretion in Obese Patients with Colored Abdominal Striae

Autor:	Rodrigo Arce, Benjamin Simkin
Rok vydání:	1962
Předmět:	business.industry 17 ketosteroids urine Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Anatomy eye diseases 17-Ketosteroids Body Fluids Excretion Stretch marks Adrenal Cortex Hormones Pathognomonic Abdomen medicine Humans Obesity medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	New England Journal of Medicine. 266:1031-1035
ISSN:	1533-4406 0028-4793
DOI:	10.1056/nejm196205172662004
Popis:	PURPLE or red abdominal striae are one of the striking physical signs of Cushing's syndrome. However, they are not pathognomonic of this disease, since they are also seen occasionally in pregnant women, obese normal persons and in adolescent children. In these conditions white or colorless striae are quite common, but those of the tinted variety are not. In the dermatologic literature synonyms for striae are striae albicantes,1 striae atrophicae2 and striae distensae.3 In the vernacular striae are referred to as "stretch marks." Various dermatologic textbooks1 2 3 4 5 ascribe this curious condition to distention or stretching of the skin, with an associated loss . . .
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