Iatrogenic

Iatrogenic: Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be inadvertently caused by a physician or surgeon or by a medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic procedure.
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Alternate Names
: Corticosteroid-Induced Cushing's Syndrome, Cushing's Syndrome - Corticosteroid Induced, Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome
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IatrogenicInadvertently caused by medical treatment.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Computerized method of creating images of internal organs using magnetic fields.
SalineA salt solution equivalent to that in the body--0.9% salt in water.
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But a small number of people have developed the disease after being exposed to infected human tissue as a result of medical procedures (iatrogenic CJD), such as cornea and skin transplants and grafts of dura mater, the membrane that covers the brain.
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References
Weissman DE, Haddox JD: Opioid pseudoaddiction--an iatrogenic syndrome. Pain 36 (3): 363-6, 1989. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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Cushing's syndrome - corticosteroid induced; Corticosteroid-induced Cushing's syndrome; Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome
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Trauma, Nervous System - Traumatic injuries to the brain, cranial nerves, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, or neuromuscular system, including iatrogenic injuries induced by surgical procedures.
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Of these, 730 died of confirmed or probable CJD: 535 were the sporadic type, 33 were familial (inherited), 40 were iatrogenic (caused by contamination during medical or surgical treatment), 33 were GSS and 108 were vCJD.
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