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Macronodular adrenal hyperplasia causing Cushing's syndrome due to ARMC5 gene mutation.
Orv Hetil. 2023 Aug 13;164(32):1271-1277. doi: 10.1556/650.2023.32817. Print 2023 Aug 13.ABSTRACTOur 69-year-old female patient was investigated for a 20 kg weight gain over 2 years. The patient's medical history included hypertension, hyperuricemia, bilateral cataract surgery and musculosceletal complaints. Diabetes mellitus was not found. Physical examination revealed abdominal obesity, proximal myopathy and atrophic, vulnerable skin. The "overnight", low-dose and long, low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests indicated autonomous cortisol overproduction (plasma cortisol level: 172.6 and 153.2 nmol/L, cut-off: 50 nmol/L)...
Source: Orvosi Hetilap - August 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zolt án Hella Judit T őke Attila Pat ócs Zsolt Varga Gabriella Dabasi G ábor László Kovács Mikl ós Tóth Source Type: research