NONOBESE CUSHINGS-SYNDROME IN AN AGED WOMAN WITH NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS

A 76-year-old diabetic woman with non-obese Gushing's syndrome develop ed poor glycemic control with glibenclamide. She presented with a slig ht weight loss while bedridden due to a fall, Gushing's syndrome in th is patient was suspected because of hypercortisolemia with eosinopenia , and adrenal Gushing's syndrome was diagnosed by endocrine and radiol ogical examinations, A right adrenal adenoma was confirmed by autopsy, In this patient, progressive obesity and other common features of Gus hing's syndrome may have been concealed by aging itself and coexisting diabetes mellitus.