Facial Plethora: Modern Technology for Quantifying an Ancient Clinical Sign and Its Use in Cushing Syndrome | Zendy

Ali Taghizadeh Afshari | Zendy; Yasaman Ardeshirpour | Zendy; Maya Lodish | Zendy; Evgenia Gourgari | Zendy; Ninet Sinaii | Zendy; Margaret F. Keil | Zendy; Elena Belyavskaya | Zendy; Charalampos Lyssikatos | Zendy; Fatima Chowdhry | Zendy; Victor Chernomordik | Zendy; Afrouz Anderson | Zendy; Thomas A. Mazzuchi | Zendy; Amir Gandjbakhche | Zendy; Constantine A. Stratakis | Zendy

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Facial Plethora: Modern Technology for Quantifying an Ancient Clinical Sign and Its Use in Cushing Syndrome

Author(s) -

Ali Taghizadeh Afshari,

Yasaman Ardeshirpour,

Maya Lodish,

Evgenia Gourgari,

Ninet Sinaii,

Margaret F. Keil,

Elena Belyavskaya,

Charalampos Lyssikatos,

Fatima Chowdhry,

Victor Chernomordik,

Afrouz Anderson,

Thomas A. Mazzuchi,

Amir Gandjbakhche,

Constantine A. Stratakis

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2015-2497

Subject(s) - medicine , cushing syndrome , surgery

Facial plethora is a clinical sign described since ancient times for a variety of diseases. In the 19th century, it was linked to increased blood volume or flow, but this has never been proven. Facial plethora is also one of the earliest described clinical features of Cushing's syndrome (CS).

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