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The purpose of the study was to clarify the disease entity of pre-Cushing's syndrome. The authors report on the pathological findings and contents of various steroids in the adenomas of three cases of pre-Cushing's syndrome. Oncocytes were found in one adenoma and others were pure clear cell dominant adenomas. All the adenomas contained higher concentrations of precursor steroids than those of five cases of Cushing's syndrome. However, the patterns of increased precursors were quite different among the three cases.
Pre-Cushing's syndrome appeared to include several different kinds of disease entities.
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Kubota, Y., Nakada, T., Sasagawa, I. et al. Endocrinological and pathological entities of the pre-Cushing's syndrome. International Urology and Nephrology 30, 239–249 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02550304
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