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. 1996 Oct;72(852):614–616. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.72.852.614

Cushing's syndrome due to autonomous macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: long-term follow-up after unilateral adrenalectomy

Mauro Boronat, Tomás Lucas, Balbino Barceló, Carmen Alameda, Hassan Hotait, Javier Estrada
PMCID: PMC2398596  PMID: 8977945

Abstract

This report describes a case of Cushing's syndrome due to autonomous macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia in which unilateral resection of the right adrenal resolved the Cushing's syndrome.

Keywords: Cushing's sydrome, suprarrenal hyperplasia, adrenalectomy

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