Metachronous bilateral adrenocortical functional adenomas causing adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing's syndrome.

Metachronous bilateral adrenocortical functional adenomas causing adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing's syndrome. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014;7(8):5291-4 Authors: Cheng K, Cao W, Dai J, Huang X, Huang B, Su H, Sun F Abstract Metachronous bilateral adrenocortical adenomas causing adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing's syndrome is a surgical case that scarcely occurs. A 38-year-old woman diagnosed with bilateral adrenocortical adenomas one by one in 2006 and 2013. Both of the two adenomas were functional and caused typical Cushingoid symptoms. The patient underwent a laparoscopic adrenolectomy in 2006 and a laparoscopic adrenocortical adenoma resection in 2013. After surgery, the symptoms of Cushing's syndrome withdrew and the woman started steroid replacement therapy as a following treatment. PMID: 25197412 [PubMed - in process]
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Int J Clin Exp Pathol Source Type: research