ea0026p11 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2011
Ungureanu Maria-Christina
, Cernohuz Adriana
, Gorduza Carmen
, Scripcariu Viorel
, Vulpoi Carmen
, Preda Cristina
Endogenous hypercortisolism is a well-known immunosuppressive condition. Such endogenous cortisol secretion could suppress the clinical presentation of an ongoing autoimmune process.A 49-year-old woman was admitted in our service in august 2010 for Cushing clinical signs, arterial hypertension and hypokalemia. She had high plasma cortisol not suppressed by 1 and 8 mg dexamethasone overnight, low ACTH. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a tumor (3...