ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome due to bilateral adrenocortical adenoma: A case report

Abstract

The chronic excess of glucocorticoids results in Cushing's syndrome. Cushing's syndrome presents with a variety of signs and symptoms including: central obesity, proximal muscle weakness, fatigue striae, poor wound healing, amenorrhea, and others.ACTHindependent Cushing's syndrome is usually due to unilateral adenoma. A rare cause of it is bilateral adrenal adenomas.In this paper we report a case of a 43-year-old woman with Cushing's syndrome due to bilateral adrenal adenoma.

Keywords

• Cushing's syndrome
• Adrenal adenoma
• Adrenocortical adenoma
• Adrenalectomy