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To document and characterize high plasma ACTH secretion from a pituitary chromophobe tumor emerging after bilateral adrenalectomy for hyperadrenocorticism.

July 24, 1958New England Journal of Medicine

ACTH-Producing Tumor of the Pituitary Gland

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DNDon H. NelsonUnited States Army JMJ. W. MeakinSittingbourne Memorial Hospital JDJames B. DealyBrigham and Women's Hospital

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Case report demonstrates high ACTH secretion from a pituitary chromophobe tumor following bilateral adrenalectomy, highlighting a direct endocrine driver of Cushing's syndrome.

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To document and characterize high plasma ACTH secretion from a pituitary chromophobe tumor emerging after bilateral adrenalectomy for hyperadrenocorticism.
Clinical and endocrine evaluation of a 33-year-old female patient presenting three years post-bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome.
Assessment of plasma ACTH concentrations alongside diagnostic evaluation of a pituitary mass.
Identified a pituitary chromophobe tumor actively secreting large quantities of ACTH into the plasma three years after bilateral adrenalectomy.
Provided direct clinical evidence linking pituitary neoplasia to excessive circulating ACTH in the setting of post-adrenalectomy hyperadrenocorticism.

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Nelson et al. (1958) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82fa8bc4b5dbf8331f2360 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195807242590403

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Case report demonstrates high ACTH secretion from a pituitary chromophobe tumor following bilateral adrenalectomy, highlighting a direct endocrine driver of Cushing's syndrome.

ACTH-Producing Tumor of the Pituitary Gland

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