article_snippet: Symptoms include upper body obesity, a swollen face, acne, skin bruising and purple stretch marks.
article_snippet: It was just specific places; my stomach, under my arms, my back of my neck, my face, the bottom of my back. '
article_snippet: Mr Trotman went to New York's Lennox Hill hospital after Mr Trotman started experiencing double vision, but a slew of tests got doctors nowhere.
article_snippet: It was a medical intern who one day noticed Mr Trotman unusual stretch marks and suggested Mr Trotman could be suffering from Cushing's disease, which affects fewer than 50,000 people in the U.S. each year, and is fatal unless treated in time.
article_snippet: Mr Trotman underwent a series of tests by doctors, but it was a medical intern who solved Mystery when Mr Trotman noticed unusual tell-tale stretch marks on Mr Trotman arms .
highlights_snippet: After a series of tests which left doctors baffled, a medical intern noticed tell-tale stretch marks on his arms, a sign of Cushing's disease .
  