ea0049gp31 | Adrenal 3 | ECE2017
Visockiene Zydrune
, Guntaite Vilija
, Dunauskas Vigantas
, Vajauskas Donatas
, Kekstas Gintautas
, Vasyliene Giedre
Case description: A 25-year-old male was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit due to progressive muscle weakness, difficulty walking, weight loss, headache, chest discomfort, type 1 diabetes for few months. He was confused and irritated, with moon face, facial plethora, acne, and hyperpigmentation of the skin, few obscure red-bluish striae and significant wasting of proximal and distal muscles of lower limbs. Cortisol hypersecretion due to ectopic ACTH production wa...