ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION WITH HYPERSECRETION OF ESTRADIOL, ANDROGENS AND CORTISOL

Authors
BALAKUMAR T PERRY LA SAVAGE MO
Citation
T. Balakumar et al., ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION WITH HYPERSECRETION OF ESTRADIOL, ANDROGENS AND CORTISOL, Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism, 10(2), 1997, pp. 227-229
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism → ACNP
ISSN journal
0334018X
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
227 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0334-018X(1997)10:2<227:AA-AUP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We describe a 6 year-old boy who presented with bilateral gynaecomasti a, pseudoprecocious puberty and facial features suggestive of Gushing' s syndrome. The underlying pathology was a right adrenocortical adenom a which was secreting oestradiol, androgens and cortisol. All the bioc hemical abnormalities normalised within one week of right adrenalectom y. To our knowledge this combination of hormones produced by an adreno cortical adenoma is particularly unusual.