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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2020

Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome Following Intra-Articular Triamcinolone Injection in an HIV-Infected Patient on Cobicistat Presenting as a Pulmonary Embolism: Case Report and Literature Review.

Marjan Alidoost, Gabriella A Conte, Khushboo Agarwal, Michael P Carson, Danielle Lann, Diane Marchesani

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025
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  2. Orthostatic hypotension in a patient with HIV: uncovering adrenal insufficiency from fluticasone-cobicistat interactions.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2024
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  6. Multiple vertebral compression fractures in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with glucocorticoid-induced Cushing syndrome treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty: a case report.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marjan AlidoostDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Gabriella A ConteDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Khushboo AgarwalDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Michael P CarsonDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5239-8944
Danielle LannDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Diane MarchesaniDepartment of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Hackensack Meridian Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIatrogenic Cushing's syndrome (ICS) typically develops after long-term exposure to corticosteroids, but it can occur after a single dose in patients treated with cobicistat or ritonavir for HIV. We present a patient who developed ICS due to the interaction between cobicistat and triamcinolone, a review of the literature, and what to our knowledge is the first case of ICS presenting as a pulmonary embolism. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year old male with a past medical history of human immunodeficiency virus, undetectable for 15 years and currently on elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide, received 2 intra-articular injections of triamcinolone one month apart for a Baker's cyst in his right knee. He used nasal fluticasone for 9 days in-between the injections. After his second knee injection, he developed easy bruising and friable skin. Over the coming months, he experienced weight gain and Cushingoid facies. Four months after the knee injections he developed a pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis treated with warfarin. The Cushingoid facies prompted an evaluation and diagnosis of ICS along with hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis suppression.

conclusionThis case demonstrates the need to monitor patients on pharmacological boosters with any exposure to corticosteroids, whether it be injected, inhaled, topical, oral or intravenous, as it can lead to profound adrenal suppression and ICS.

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adrenal suppressioncase reporthuman immunodeficiency virusiatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome

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PMCPMC7294561
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