Cushing's disease associated with ovarian dysgenesis.
In a 29-year-old woman with ovarian dysgenesis and a Turner mosaic karyotype (45X0/47XXX), florid Cushing's disease developed and was cured by trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy. Reviewing the literature on pituitary involvement in Turner's syndrome reveals that this association may not have previously been reported.
D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D009030:Mosaicism; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics
D006854:Hydrocortisone