J Korean Pediatr Soc.
1980 Apr;23(4):326-336.
2 Cases of Cushing's Syndrome
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- 2Department of Pediatric Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
Abstract
- Cushing's syndrome is a rare entity in pediatric age, and and mostly caused by adrenocotical tumor. We recently experiecd 2 cases of Cushing's syndrome, one, 13 year and 4 month old girl with bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia, and one, 2 year and 4 month old girl with huge adrenocortical carcinoma measuring 14x13x8cm, thought to be congenital in origen. The former was successfully treated by bilateral adrenalectomy. The latter showed no evidence of metastasis at operation, but expired 7 months later due to metastatic carcinoma. Literature about Cushing's syndrome were reviewed.
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