ea0016p328 | Endocrine tumours | ECE2008
Lecomte Pierre
, Pierre Peggy
, Castric Marie
, Chabrolle Christine
, de Calan Loic
, Guyetant Serge
A 72-year-old depressed woman complained about fatigue, weight gain (20 kilos/2 years), severe and recent hypertension, easy bruises, and venous insufficiency. Whereas she was treated with six antihypertensive drugs, she had hypokaliemia (2.6 mM). Cardiac ultrasounds showed myocardial hypertrophy. A Cushing syndrome was suspected. UFC was increased (400 mM/d), cortisol cycle disrupted and a standard DXM test showed no cortisol suppression (775 nM/l). ACTH levels were consisten...