creators_name: Narang, Gursharan Singh creators_name: Pahwa, Jivtesh Singh creators_id: jivteshpahwa@rediffmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: BS Kakkilaya type: journale datestamp: 2011-05-02 17:15:49 lastmod: 2011-05-02 17:15:49 metadata_visibility: show title: Cortisol Secreting Adrenal Adenoma in a 5 Year Old Child ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Adrenal adenoma; Cushing's syndrome; Hypercortisolism abstract: Adrenal adenoma is a rare endocrinal tumor in children. It can present with features of Cushing's syndrome. We present a case report of five years old female child who came with morbid obesity and hypertension. The patient manifested polyphagia, weight gain, and changes in sleep patterns. During physical examination we found a full-moon face, bulkiness in the cervico-dorsal (buffalo-hump) region, high blood pressure. date: 2011-01-20 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 9 number: 4 publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Ciftci AO, Senocak ME, Tanyel FC, et al. Adrenocortical tumors in children. J Pediatr Surg 2001;36:549-554. 2. Orth DN. Cushing’s Syndrome. N Engl J Med 1995;332:791-803. 3. Lafferty AR, Chorousos GP. Pituitary tumors in children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:4317-4323. 4. Gayer G, Zissin R, Apter S, Atar E, Portnoy O, Itzchak Y. Pictorial review. CT findings in congenital anomalies of the spleen. BJR 2001;74:767-772. 5. Budhwani KS, Ghritlaharey K, Debbarma M. Adrenal cortex tumor in a six year girl – A report and review of literature. Indian Journal of Medical and Pediartric Oncology 2004;25(3):71-75. 6. Trainer PJ, Grossman A. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Cushing syndrome. Clin Endocrinol 1991;34:317-330. 7. Forga L, Anda E, Martínez de Esteban JP. Síndromes paraneoplásicos. An Sist Sanit Navar 2005;28:213-226. 8. Mayer SK,Oligny LL, Deal C et al. Childhood Adrenocortical Tumors: Case series & Reevaluation of Prognosis – A 24 – year experience. J Pediatr Surg 1997;32:911-915. 9. Agarwal S, Mitra DK, Bhatnagar V, Menon PS, Gupta AK. Aldosteronoma in childhood. A review of clinical features and management. J Pediatr Surg 1994;29:1388-1391. citation: Narang, Gursharan Singh and Pahwa, Jivtesh Singh (2011) Cortisol Secreting Adrenal Adenoma in a 5 Year Old Child. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/7268/1/2010-4-21.pdf