Key result
Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy successfully treated ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome caused by primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease in a 27-year-old woman with Carney complex.
Population
n=1, 27-year-old Iranian woman with Carney complex, presenting with unilateral adrenocortical adenoma…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May warrant PPNAD consideration in Carney complex Cushing's despite unilateral adenoma; hypothesis-generating for bilateral adrenalectomy.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome in patients with Carney complex, even when presenting with a unilateral adrenocortical adenoma.
Talaei et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Carney complex, Cushing's syndrome, primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (n=1). Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy was evaluated on Resolution of hypercortisolism. Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy successfully treated ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome caused by primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease in a 27-year-old woman with Carney complex.
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