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Ectopic Cushing's syndrome due to retroperitoneal ACTH-producing paragangliomas.


ABSTRACT: Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas, or paragangliomas, are rare tumours that derive from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells. Cushing's syndrome (CS) caused by paragangliomas is extremely rare. We report a 53-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and symptoms of hypokalemia. Computer tomography (CT) revealed two retroperitoneal masses and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Together with the laboratory examinations, ectopic CS caused by multiple paragangliomas was highly suspected. The patient underwent resections of retroperitoneal tumours, left kidney, and left adrenal; postoperative histopathology confirmed two paragangliomas that were both positively stained for adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). He got clinical and biochemical recoveries without any recurrent evidence at the nine-month followup.

SUBMITTER: Chen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5028219 | biostudies-other | 2016 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Ectopic Cushing's syndrome due to retroperitoneal ACTH-producing paragangliomas.

Chen Fan F   Wang Xiangyu X   Wang Yang Y   Meng Hui H   Hou Xinguo X   Zhu Yaofeng Y   Gao Wei W   Jiang Xuewen X   Chen Shouzhen S   Zhang Zhaocun Z   Zou Zhichuan Z   He Tianyi T   Yang Yue Y   Zhu Kejia K   Wang Yong Y   Liu Yaxiao Y   Cui Jianfeng J   Shi Benkang B   Yin Gang G  

Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada 20160913 9-10


Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas, or paragangliomas, are rare tumours that derive from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells. Cushing's syndrome (CS) caused by paragangliomas is extremely rare. We report a 53-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and symptoms of hypokalemia. Computer tomography (CT) revealed two retroperitoneal masses and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Together with the laboratory examinations, ectopic CS caused by multiple paragangliomas was highly suspected. The patient underwent  ...[more]

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