A Tauranga, New Zealand woman says a brain tumour caused a rare hormone disorder that left her unrecognisable as she developed facial hair and rapid changes to her body before it was diagnosed.⁠ ⁠

Hannah Cadwallader, 34, went 10 years without answers before learning she had Cushing’s disease, a form of Cushing’s syndrome, caused by a pituitary tumour that triggers the overproduction of the hormone cortisol.⁠


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