title: Adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pheochromocytoma.
abstract: A 41-year-old female had pheochromocytoma which secreted adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). She was admitted to our hospital because of weight loss and excessive sweating. Not only urinary metanephrine but also plasma ACTH was extremely high. An abdominal echogram showed a cystic tumor in the left adrenal gland. An abdominal magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a hyperintense T2-weighted abnormality inside the tumor. Left adrenalectomy was done. The tumor consisted of benign pheochromocytoma cells diffusely stained with anti-ACTH antibody. The present case did not show any typical Cushingoid symptoms which are common in ACTH-secreting pheochromocytomas.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashikaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taneda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamawake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Azegami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone