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Adrenal and pituitary incidentalomas in a case of Cushing's syndrome.

[cushing syndrome]

Cushing's syndrome is a pathological condition where surgery may be lifesaving. The proper diagnosis depends upon the hormonal pattern of the patient, various dynamic tests and imagistic investigations. We report a case of a patient with Cushing's syndrome, with bilateral adrenal tumors and a pituitary microadenoma. She presented increased levels of basal cortisol, unsuppressed during a low and a high dose Dexamethasone test. She underwent right laparoscopic adrenalectomy and developed acute adrenal insufficiency. Two years after the intervention, she still requires adrenal substitution therapy. Acute adrenal crisis is a serious complication of adrenal surgery, with high mortality if unrecognized.

Diseases presenting "adrenal insufficiency" symptom

  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • aromatase deficiency
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • cushing syndrome
  • familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • scrub typhus
  • triple a syndrome
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

This symptom has already been validated