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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1968;11(3):137-142. Published online March 31, 1968.

A Case of Cushing's Syndrome in the Childhood

Soon Yong Lee¹, Nam Je Im¹, Hyung Ro Moon¹, Myung Ha Cho², Pyung Chui Min²

¹Dept, of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University’ Seoul,Korea
²Dept, of Surgery, College of Medicine Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This report presents a case of Cushing’s syndrome in childhood. The 13 years-old female patient was admitted with the complaints of headache, moon face, obesity and hirsuitism, and was diagnosed as Cushing’s syndrome due to adrenocortical carcinoma of the left adrenal gland. Complete resection of the tumor was successfully done- After operation, her clinical course was markedly improved.

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