+Author Affiliations
- Correspondence to Dr Shalini Kunasegaran, shal84@gmail.com
- Accepted 13 July 2017
- Published 7 August 2017
Summary
A 23-year-old man presenting with florid Cushing’s syndrome was found to have high plasma ACTH and very high serum prolactin. Pituitary MRI showed a large invasive macroadenoma.
Low-dose cabergoline promptly suppressed both ACTH and prolactin levels within 2 weeks, with unexpected clinical and biochemical hypocortisolism requiring hydrocortisone replacement. Secondary hypogonadism was reversed. Clinical and biochemical remission of his Cushing’s syndrome together with significant shrinkage of his macroadenoma has been maintained for 1 year on cabergoline 0.5 mg twice weekly. Reduction in pituitary
Reduction in pituitary tumour volume and brisk fall in serum prolactin in response to low-dose cabergoline is regularly observed in patients with macroprolactinomas, but the concurrent fall in the plasma ACTH level and hypocortisolism was a pleasant surprise.
We assume that he most likely has a single bihormonal adenoma that is enriched with dopamine-2 receptors.
From http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-219921.short?rss=1
Filed under: adrenal, Cushing's, pituitary, Rare Diseases | Tagged: ACTH, bihormonal, cabergoline, Cushing's Syndrome, dopamine-2 receptor, hypocortisolism, male, MRI, pituitary, prolactin, Secondary hypogonadism, tumor, tumour |
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