ea0049ep43 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2017
Vicic Ivan
, Kruljac Ivan
, Cacic Miroslav
, Peric Bozidar
, Filipovic-Grcic Maja
, Mirosevic Gorana
, Cerina Vatroslav
, Pazanin Leo
, Vrkljan Milan
Bilateral adrenalectomy usually results in lifelong primary adrenal insufficiency. Evidence exists that up to 34% of patients with Cushings disease (CD) have some degree of endogenous cortisol secretion after bilateral adrenalectomy due to ACTH driven hyperplasia of residual cortical tissue. We present a case of a patient with atypical corticotropinoma/carcinoma and recurrence of CD after bilateral adrenalectomy.A 59-year-old man presented with Cus...