Case Reports
Cushing syndrome due to an adrenal phaeochromocytoma
Authors:
ADCJ Gunasekara,
Registrar, Professorial Unit (Medicine), Faculty of Medicine, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, LK
AP Premawardhena ,
Senior Lecturer, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, LK
HANS Hettiarachchi,
Senior Registrar, Professorial Unit (Medicine), Faculty of Medicine, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, LK
BG Ratnasena,
Surgeon, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, LK
HJ de Silva
Professor in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, LK
Abstract
Adrenal phaeochromocytoma is a rare cause of Cushing syndrome. We describe a 16-year old girl with Cushing syndrome with a right suprarenal mass on CT scanning which was histologically confirmed.
Key words: Cushing syndrome, phaeochromocytoma
doi: 10.4038/cmj.v51i2.1356
Ceylon Medical Journal Vol.51(2) 2006 66-67
How to Cite:
Gunasekara, A., Premawardhena, A., Hettiarachchi, H., Ratnasena, B. and de Silva, H., 2009. Cushing syndrome due to an adrenal phaeochromocytoma. Ceylon Medical Journal, 51(2), pp.55–67. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v51i2.1356
Published on
07 Dec 2009.
Peer Reviewed
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