Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is a rare cause of ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome and has characteristic gross and microscopic pathologic findings. We report a case of PPNAD in a 15-year-old boy, which was not associated with Carney's complex. Bilateral adrena...

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Autores principales: Manipadam, Marie T., Abraham, Rachel, Sen, Sudipta, Simon, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121318
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.86881
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author Manipadam, Marie T.
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description Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is a rare cause of ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome and has characteristic gross and microscopic pathologic findings. We report a case of PPNAD in a 15-year-old boy, which was not associated with Carney's complex. Bilateral adrenalectomy is the treatment of choice.
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spelling pubmed-32211622011-11-25 Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease Manipadam, Marie T. Abraham, Rachel Sen, Sudipta Simon, Anna J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is a rare cause of ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome and has characteristic gross and microscopic pathologic findings. We report a case of PPNAD in a 15-year-old boy, which was not associated with Carney's complex. Bilateral adrenalectomy is the treatment of choice. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3221162/ /pubmed/22121318 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.86881 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221162/
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