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ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia is a rare cause of Cushing's syndrome. Bilateral adrenalectomy is considered the treatment of choice, but the patient is obliged to receive lifetime steroid replacement therapy and is susceptible to adrenal insufficiency crisis. New therapeutic alternatives are being proposed as new etiopathological features of the disease are known. Unilateral adrenalectomy of the largest gland can be a safe and effective alternative, but only short-term follow-up is reported in the literature. We present four consecutive patients with ACTH-independent macronodular hyperplasia and long-term remission of Cushing's syndrome after unilateral adrenalectomy.

Is unilateral adrenalectomy an alternative treatment for ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia?: Long-term follow-up of four cases