An Unusual Case of Cushing’s Syndrome: Coexistence of Functional Pituitary and Adrenal Adenoma | Zendy

Muzaffer İlhan | Zendy; Özcan Karaman | Zendy; İrem Yasin Çetin | Zendy; Nur Büyükpınarbaşılı | Zendy; Jamshid Hamdard | Zendy; Ertuğrul Taşan | Zendy

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An Unusual Case of Cushing’s Syndrome: Coexistence of Functional Pituitary and Adrenal Adenoma

Author(s) -

Muzaffer İlhan,

Özcan Karaman,

İrem Yasin Çetin,

Nur Büyükpınarbaşılı,

Jamshid Hamdard,

Ertuğrul Taşan

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

medical bulletin of haseki

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2147-2688

pISSN - 1302-0072

DOI - 10.4274/haseki.3073

Subject(s) - pituitary adenoma , adrenal adenoma , cushing syndrome , medicine , adenoma , endocrinology

A case of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent Cushing’s syndrome, which develops in the course of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s disease, is presented in this report. A 47-year-old woman with a past history of surgery and gamma knife radiosurgery because of Cushing’s disease was admitted to the endocrinology clinic with weight gain and unregulated blood glucose levels. Hypercortisolemia was still persisting and diagnostic work-up indicated ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome. Along with the rare possibility of this coexistence, longstanding ACTH hypersecretion can play a role in functional transition of adrenal adenomas. Further studies are needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms

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