Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 85%
Simulated
The nurse is assessing a client who is on long term glucocorticoid therapy. Which of the following findings would the nurse expect?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Buffalo hump. With high doses of glucocorticoid, iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome develops. The exaggerated physiological action causes abnormal fat distribution which results in a moon-shaped face, an intrascapular pad on the neck (buffalo hump) and truncal obesity with slender limbs.