Cushingoid adrenal hyperplasia in infancy.
Cushing's syndrome, a characteristic pattern of obesity with hypertension due to the hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex, is relatively rare in infancy. Thirty-six infants have been reported in world literature, most of whom have had adrenal tumours. There are only eight reported cases of infants under the age of 1 year with adrenal hyperplasia responsible for Cushing's syndrome. This is a report of an 8 month old child with bilateral nodular adrenal hyperplasia.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors