A client, complaining of weight gain, has thin extremities, a "buffalo hump," and a protruding abdomen. The nurse realizes that this client is most likely to be diagnosed with which disease process?
1. Addison's disease
2. Cretinism
3. Cushing's syndrome
4. Obesity
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Even though the client has gained weight (obesity), the distribution of that weight is characteristic for the disease process of Cushing's syndrome. Cretinism and Addison's disease do not exhibit those symptoms.
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