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Cushing's syndrome in infancy due to pituitary adenoma

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An 11-month-old male with Cushings syndrome due to a pituitary adenoma is presented. Additional findings of bilateral lung and kidney cystic disease-chance association or new syndrome?

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  1. Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 300 S. Hawthorue Road, 27 103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    T. E. Sumner & F. M. Volberg

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 27 103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    T. E. Sumner & F. M. Volberg

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Sumner, T.E., Volberg, F.M. Cushing's syndrome in infancy due to pituitary adenoma. Pediatr Radiol 12, 81–83 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00972437

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