All issues > Volume 23(4); 1980

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(4):326-336. Published online April 15, 1980.

2 Cases of Cushing's Syndrome.

Whan Jong Lee¹, Kwang Chan Do¹, Hyung Ro Moon¹, Woo Ki Kim², Yong Il Kim³

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
²Department of Pediatric Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

Cushing's syndrome is a rare entity in pediatric age, and and mostly caused by adrenocotical tumor. We recently experiecd 2 cases of Cushing's syndrome, one, 13 year and 4 month old girl with bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia, and one, 2 year and 4 month old girl with huge adrenocortical carcinoma measuring 14x13x8cm, thought to be congenital in origen. The former was successfully treated by bilateral adrenalectomy. The latter showed no evidence of metastasis at operation, but expired 7 months later due to metastatic carcinoma. Literature about Cushing's syndrome were reviewed.

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