ESPE Abstracts

Background: Pediatric Cushings syndrome is a rare condition and its diagnosis is always a challenge to the clinicians. The hypercortisolism can be classified as ACTH-dependent (Cushings disease) and ACTH-independent. The latter group comprises several hereditary conditions. One of them is primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) which occurs isolated or as part of Carney complex (CNC). It is known that adult patients with Cushings syndrome due PPNAD exhibited a...