This is a condition in which patients display the signs, symptoms, and abnormal hormone levels seen in Cushing's syndrome. However, pseudo-Cushing's syndrome is not caused by a problem with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as Cushing's is; it is an idiopathic condition.
Also indexed as
Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndromeCushing pseudosyndrome due to alcoholPseudo-Cushing syndromePseudo-Cushing syndrome of other causesalcohol-induced Cushing pseudosyndrome