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Re: Adrenal Hump/Dowagers Hump: look up Cushings syndrome eom

From: Lindsey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 21:02:53 -0500 (CDT)

Hi Lydia,

I am a Nursing Student who also has PCOS and just had my endocrine lecture.

The Dowager's hump is from glucocorticoids-a steroid that is either produced in the body or from taking steroids like predisone). It looks like a hump just below the back of the neck, level with the shoulders. Gives the appearance of more of a prehistoric human form in a side view as it slopes the neck and shoulders. Any endocrine textbook would probably have a picture for you. Or even a nursing textbook like mine-under medical/surgical nursing.

Hope I helped! Lindsey

At Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Victoria wrote: >
>At Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Lydia wrote:
>>
>>Adrenal Hump/ Dowagers Hump.
>>Is anyone familiar with this term? If so, does anyone have it? Do you
>>know where I could look at a picture of one?
>>
>>Thanks in adavnce for any response.
>>
>>Lydia

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