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Review
. 2005 Jun;34(2):441-58, x.
doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2005.01.004.

Bilateral adrenal Cushing's syndrome: macronodular adrenal hyperplasia and primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

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Bilateral adrenal Cushing's syndrome: macronodular adrenal hyperplasia and primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

André Lacroix et al. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

Corticotropin (ACTH)-independent bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH) and primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) are responsible for approximately 10% of adrenal Cushing's syndrome. AIMAH also can be present as subclinical bilateral incidentalomas in sporadic or familial forms. Diverse aberrant hormone receptors have been found to be implicated in the regulation of steroidogenesis and pathophysiology of AIMAH. PPNAD can be found alone or in the context of Carney complex, a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome. Additionally, it can be secondary to mutations of type 1 alpha-regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PRKARIA). Strategies for the investigation and treatment of AIMAH and PPNAD are discussed.

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