[A case of adrenal black adenoma associated with Cushing's syndrome].
The patient was a 24-year-old female, who had clinical and laboratory findings of Cushing's syndrome with slight virilizative changes. CT scan, ultrasound sonography and scintigraphy demonstrated that there was a functioning tumor at the right adrenal region. Thus we performed right adrenalectomy. The tumor was a characteristic black adenoma of adrenal gland, and it microscopically consisted of compact cells with remarkable intracellular pigmented granules. Thirty-two cases of functioning adrenal black adenoma have been reported in our country and all of them were associated with Cushing's syndrome.
Irisawa
C
C
Department of Urology, Fukushima Medical College.
Aikawa
K
K
Ogihara
M
M
Kameoka
H
H
Yamaguchi
O
O
Shiraiwa
Y
Y
Hashimoto
T
T
Murakami
F
F
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans