Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing’s disease (CD) is rare in childhood. There are well described cohorts of patients with classical features. However, given the rarity of CD, we feel it is valuable to share lessons learnt from the treatment of atypical cases.Case 1: Thirteen-year-old male presented with Cushingoid features. Investigation indicated ACTH excess: 0900 h ACTH 20 pmol/l per cortisol 798 nmol/l; midnight cortisol 724 nmol/l. MRI demonstrated a pituitary macroadenom...