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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Adrenal myelolipoma(s) as presenting manifestation of subclinical Cushing's disease (eutopic ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome).

Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Shinjan Patra, Sugata Narayan Biswas, Rana Bhattacharjee

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Partha Pratim ChakrabortyDepartment of Medicine, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
Shinjan PatraDepartment of Medicine, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
Sugata Narayan BiswasDepartment of Medicine, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
Rana BhattacharjeeDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, IPGME&R/SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital · INInstitute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary adrenal myelolipomas, relatively rare benign tumours of the adrenal cortex are typically unilateral, hormonally inactive and asymptomatic, hence often diagnosed as 'adrenal incidentaloma'. Bilateral adrenal myelolipomas, in particular, may be associated with underlying endocrinopathies associated with elevated circulating adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentration. Subclinical cortisol hypersecretion, irrespective of its ACTH dependency, does not manifest typical clinical phenotype of hypercortisolemia, and thus termed subclinical Cushing's syndrome. In this article, hormonal evaluation in a middle-aged woman with diabetes, hypertension and incidentally discovered unilateral adrenal myelolipoma revealed underlying subclinical Cushing's disease. Abdominal CT revealed another tiny focus in the contralateral adrenal gland, probably representing incipient myelolipoma.

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Pituitary ACTH HypersecretionAdrenal Gland NeoplasmsAdrenocorticotropic HormoneDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMyelolipomaTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdrenocorticotropic Hormoneadrenal disorderspituitary disorders

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PMID28814582
PMCPMC5747827
OpenAlexW2747621220

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