CUSHINGS-SYNDROME CAUSED BY AN ADRENAL ADENOMA

A 10-year-old bay presented with features of Gushing's syndrome. Inves tigations, including ultrasound scan and computed tomography scans, de monstrated a right adrenal tumor. The tumor was excised and histologic ally found to be an encapsulated adrenal adenoma, Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for adrenal tumors. However, because it is of ten difficult to differentiate benign from malignant lesions on histop athologic grounds, these patients need a regular long-term follow-up. Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.