Endocrine Case: Obese Middle-Aged Woman with Easy Bruisability
 
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his 40 year old female consulted her physician for the presence of bruises and long term onset of obesity as well as development of facial hair and acne as shown below

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No clinical history of oral intake of steroids or topical exposure of steroids in her past medical history. Her skin was thin and revealed purplish striae on the buttocks as shown below

She had generalized osteoporosis and was hypertensive.

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