Adrenal incidentaloma: A case of pheochromocytoma with sub-clinical Cushing′s syndrome

• Published in: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Main Authors: Ashutosh Goyal, Roopal Panchani, Tarun Varma, Sunita Bhalla, Sudhir Tripathi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
• Subjects: Adrenal incidentaloma; Cushing′s syndrome; pheochromocytoma
• Online Access: http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2013;volume=17;issue=7;spage=246;epage=248;aulast=Goyal
• ISSN: 2230-8210; 2230-9500

Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are a cluster of different pathologies, but AIs with dual functional aspects are very rare. We report a case of AI with the evidence of both pheochromocytoma and sub-clinical Cushing′s syndrome. A 42-year-old female patient presented with the history of abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed right adrenal mass suggestive of pheochromocytoma. On endocrine evaluation, she admitted history of intermittent headache and palpitations for 4 years and was on treatment for hypertension and diabetes. There were no signs and symptoms suggestive of Cushing′s syndrome. The laboratory data demonstrated 10 times raised 24-h urinary fractionated metanephrines with non-suppressible serum cortisol after 2-day low-dose dexamethasone suppression test. She underwent right-sided adrenalectomy with subsequent resolution of both pheochromocytoma and hypercortisolism. Patient was discharged in good clinical condition.