Ruder syndrome. Clinical and pathologic correlation.
Ruder syndrome is an unusual varient of adrenal hyperfunction characterized clinically by debilitating osteopenia, and pathologically by bilateral micronodular adrenal hyperplasia. A unique case resembling Ruder syndrome is described in which the dominant pathologic feature was unilateral adrenal adenomatosis.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D000308:Adrenocortical Hyperfunction / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D013577:Syndrome
D003907:Dexamethasone