{"id":2533679,"date":"2020-05-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/?p=2533679"},"modified":"2023-03-16T06:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:20:09","slug":"cushing-syndrome-mnemonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/cushing-syndrome-mnemonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mnemonic for Cushings Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll.jpg 1792w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/endocrine-mnemonics-coll-624x351.jpg 624w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1792\" height=\"1008\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A simple memory device\/mnemonic to remember the clinical features of Cushing&#8217;s syndrome is MOON FACIES.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Memory device for Cushings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>M<\/strong>enstrual disorders<\/li>\n<li><strong>O<\/strong>steopenia or Osteoporosis<\/li>\n<li><strong>O<\/strong>besity (Central distribution of fat)<\/li>\n<li><strong>N<\/strong>eurosis (depression or psychosis)<\/li>\n<li><strong>F<\/strong>ace (Plethora, hirsutism, acne)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>ltered muscle physiology (proximal muscle weakness)<\/li>\n<li>Supra-<strong>C<\/strong>lavicular and Dorso-<strong>C<\/strong>ervical fat pads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>nfection<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>levated blood pressure<\/li>\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>kin (Easy bruisability)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/cushings-mnemonic.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1cd17bd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"cushings mnemonic\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Cushings syndrome mnemonic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/cushings-mnemonic.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/cushings-mnemonic.jpg 697w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/cushings-mnemonic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/cushings-mnemonic-624x833.jpg 624w\" alt=\"Cushings syndrome mnemonic\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2533889\" \/><\/a>Cushings syndrome mnemonic<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>Manni, A., Quarde, A. (2020). Pituitary Gland Signs. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-49872-6_1\">Endocrine Pathophysiology. Springer, Cham.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Images(s) Courtesy<\/h2>\n<p>MyEndoConsult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple memory device\/mnemonic to remember the clinical features of Cushing&#8217;s syndrome is MOON FACIES. Memory device for Cushings Menstrual disorders Osteopenia or Osteoporosis Obesity (Central distribution of fat) Neurosis (depression or psychosis) Face (Plethora, hirsutism, acne) Altered muscle physiology (proximal muscle weakness) Supra-Clavicular and Dorso-Cervical fat pads. Infection Elevated blood pressure Skin (Easy bruisability) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2533679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mnemonics","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533679"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4416076,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533679\/revisions\/4416076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}