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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb 18:2022:1539203.
doi: 10.1155/2022/1539203. eCollection 2022.

A Tale of Two Hypersecreting Adrenal Neoplasms in the Heartland of COVID-19 Pandemic, Lombardy, Italy

Benedetta Zampetti  1 , Roberto Attanasio  2 , Emanuela Carioni  1 , Daniela Dallabonzana  1 , Iuliana Pauna  3 , Marco Boniardi  3 , Renato Cozzi  2
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Case Reports

A Tale of Two Hypersecreting Adrenal Neoplasms in the Heartland of COVID-19 Pandemic, Lombardy, Italy

Benedetta Zampetti et al. Case Rep Endocrinol. .

Abstract

In this study, we report the management, in Lombardy, Italy, of one patient with Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal adenoma and another one with pheochromocytoma, whose surgeries were deferred owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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