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Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome and Adrenal Insufficiency Following Unsupervised Steroid Use: A Case Report.

  • Samit Kumar Gautam1
  • Shardul Bhattarai1
  • Aastha Dhakal2
  • Kushal Acharya1
  • Binay Khadka1
  • Ganesh Lama1
  • Milan Shakya1
  • Alok Dhungel1
  1. 1Department of Medicine Stupa Community Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.
  2. 2Department of Medicine Dirghayu Guru Hospital and Research Center Kathmandu Nepal.
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Abstract

We report a 65-year-old female with prolonged unsupervised corticosteroid use who developed exogenous Cushing syndrome, recurrent infection, and adrenal crisis following abrupt withdrawal.

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@article{gautam2026steroid,
  title = {{Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome and Adrenal Insufficiency Following Unsupervised Steroid Use: A Case Report.}},
  author = {Samit Kumar Gautam and Shardul Bhattarai and Aastha Dhakal and Kushal Acharya and Binay Khadka and Ganesh Lama and Milan Shakya and Alok Dhungel},
  journal = {Clinical case reports},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1002/ccr3.73774},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903477},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome and Adrenal Insufficiency Following Unsupervised Steroid Use: A Case Report.
AU  - Samit Kumar Gautam
AU  - Shardul Bhattarai
AU  - Aastha Dhakal
AU  - Kushal Acharya
AU  - Binay Khadka
AU  - Ganesh Lama
AU  - Milan Shakya
AU  - Alok Dhungel
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/19
JO  - Clinical case reports
DO  - 10.1002/ccr3.73774
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903477
AB  - We report a 65-year-old female with prolonged unsupervised corticosteroid use who developed exogenous Cushing syndrome, recurrent infection, and adrenal crisis following abrupt withdrawal.
SN  - 2050-0904
ER  -