Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is a rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome. Total bilateral adrenalectomy is mostly chosen for treatment because pathological changes usually grow out in both adrenal glands among PPNAD cases. Meanwhile total adrenalectomy may result in life-threatening acute adrenal insufficiency. In this report, two PPNAD patients were examined to check the laterality of hormone secretion from both glands by adrenal venou...