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Cushiongoid adrenal hyperplasia in infancy
Author(s) -
PULIYEL JACOB M.,
KOMARANCHATH AUGUSTINE,
KUMAR K. RAMESH
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1986.tb00206.x
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , hyperplasia , pediatrics , pathology , endocrinology
Cushing's syndrome, a characteristic pattern of obesity with hypertension due to the hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex, is relatively rare in infancy. Thirty‐six infants have been reported in world literature, 1,2 most of whom have had adrenal tumours. There are only eight reported cases of infants under the age of 1 year with adrenal hyperplasia responsible for Cushing's syndrome. This is a report of an 8 month old child with bilateral nodular adrenal hyperplasia.