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

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.

• Authors: Kang Cheng, Wanli Cao, Jun Dai, Xin Huang, Baoxing Huang, Henchuan Su, Fukang Sun
• Journal: International journal of clinical and experimental pathology (Int J Clin Exp Pathol) Vol. 7 Issue 8 Pg. 5291-4 ( 2014) ISSN: 1936-2625 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25197412 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms (complications, pathology)
• Adrenocortical Adenoma (complications, pathology)
• Adult
• Cushing Syndrome (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Neoplasms, Second Primary (complications, pathology)