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- Title
Unilateral adrenalectomy as a treatment option in a patient with recurrent Cushing's disease.
- Authors
Gosmanov, Aidar R; Green, Maria; Gerges, Antoni Kafrouni; Ziganshina, Anna P; Roy, Mary P
- Abstract
In recurrent Cushing's disease (CD), therapeutic management options may pose challenges related to risk-benefit profile of available pharmacological agents or bilateral adrenalectomy. Here, we describe a patient with recurrent CD who in context of progressive worsening of diabetes control and new diagnosis of coronary artery disease was offered a unilateral adrenalectomy (UA) to help alleviate the metabolic burden of hypercortisolemia. Within 6 months following UA she was able to stop her blood pressure medications; her anti-diabetes medications were significantly titrated down and she experienced significant weight loss. Currently, 18 months after the UA, the patient has not experienced new clinical events, her weight is stable and diabetes control is consistently optimal, and she remains off anti-hypertensive medications. This report adds to currently scarce body of literature that patients with difficult to manage CD can be considered as candidates for UA to potentially alleviate the metabolic burden of hypercortisolemia.
- Subjects
CUSHING'S syndrome; ADRENALECTOMY; HEART disease diagnosis; BLOOD pressure
- Publication
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2023, Vol 2023, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
2053-8855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/omcr/omad084