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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1975;18(11):848-855. Published online November 30, 1975.

A Case of Cushing’s Syndrome

Sang Ho Ko¹, Soo Ha Park¹, Sang Man Shin¹, Joong Sik Kim¹, Choong Yoon², Moon Ho Yang³

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A case of Cushing’s syndrome in 10-year-old girl is presented who was admitted to the Pediatric ward of Kyung Hee University Hospital with the complaints of moon face, obesity and hirsutism. The diagnosis was confirmed by characteristic clinical features, biochemical studies, radiological studies and pathologic examination. The tumor was removed successfully and final diagnosis was adrenocortical carcinoma of the Rt. adrenal gland. Brief review of related literatures was made.

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