title: [A case of adrenal black adenoma associated with Cushing's syndrome].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Fukushima Medical College.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Irisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kameoka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraiwa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: 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