Subclinical Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal myelolipoma.

Abstract

We describe a patient with an incidental adrenal myelolipoma associated with biochemical evidence of Cushing's syndrome who lacked the physical stigmata of cortisol excess (subclinical Cushing's syndrome). Pathologic examination revealed the presence of adrenocortical cells mixed with myelolipomatous tissue. Although cases of clinically evident Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal myelolipomas have been reported previously, to our knowledge this is the first report associating adrenal myelolipoma and subclinical Cushing's syndrome.

• Authors: M Boronat, A Moreno, S Ramón y Cajal, E Pineda, T Lucas, J Estrada
• Journal: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (Arch Pathol Lab Med) Vol. 121 Issue 7 Pg. 735-7 (Jul 1997) ISSN: 0003-9985 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9240911 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Dehydroepiandrosterone
• Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
• Hydrocortisone

Topics

• Adrenal Gland Neoplasms (complications, pathology)
• Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (blood)
• Aged
• Cushing Syndrome (etiology)
• Dehydroepiandrosterone (blood)
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrocortisone (blood, urine)
• Myelolipoma (complications, pathology)