Subclinical Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal myelolipoma.

Abstract

We describe a patient with an incidental adrenal myelolipoma associated with biochemical evidence of Cushing's syndrome who lacked the physical stigmata of cortisol excess (subclinical Cushing's syndrome). Pathologic examination revealed the presence of adrenocortical cells mixed with myelolipomatous tissue. Although cases of clinically evident Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal myelolipomas have been reported previously, to our knowledge this is the first report associating adrenal myelolipoma and subclinical Cushing's syndrome.