Corticotropinoma as the underlying cause of intermittent Cushing's syndrome in a patient previously diagnosed with primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

Endokrynol Pol. 2020;71(3):273-274. doi: 10.5603/EP.a2020.0015. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Abstract

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Keywords: Carney complex; Cushing’s syndrome; PPNAD; corticotropinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / complications
  • Adenoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Cushing Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Cushing Syndrome / etiology
  • Cushing Syndrome / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology