A young woman with pituitary-tumor, Cushing's syndrome and medullary thyroid carcinoma - A rare case of MEN II?

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Contributors

  • J. Kotzerke - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • G. Oetting - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • H. Dralle - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • H. Hesch - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • H. Hundeshagen - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)

Abstract

A young woman presented with Cushing's syndrome. As a repeat surgical resection of a pituitary tumor did not cure her a bilateral adrenalectomy was performed, which resulted in symptomatic improvement of the patients condition. Several months later, a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MTC) was detected and resected. Retrospective analysis suggests that a paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome may have been present in this patient. A connection of the pituitary tumor and the MTC could not be proved, a MEN-II-syndrome does not seem likely.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-45
Number of pages3
JournalHormone and metabolic research
Volume21
Issue numberSUPPL.
Publication statusPublished - 1989
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

PubMed 2572527