Cushing's syndrome due to autonomous macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: long-term follow-up after unilateral adrenalectomy

M Boronat; T Lucas; B Barceló; C Alameda; H Hotait; J Estrada

doi:10.1136/pgmj.72.852.614

Cushing's syndrome due to autonomous macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: long-term follow-up after unilateral adrenalectomy

Postgrad Med J. 1996 Oct;72(852):614-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.72.852.614.

Authors

M Boronat¹, T Lucas, B Barceló, C Alameda, H Hotait, J Estrada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

This report describes a case of Cushing's syndrome due to autonomous macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia in which unilateral resection of the right adrenal resolved the Cushing's syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Glands / pathology*
Adrenal Glands / surgery
Adrenalectomy
Cushing Syndrome / etiology*
Humans
Hyperplasia / complications
Hyperplasia / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome