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  • Title: Virilizing adrenal adenoma in an adult with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: paradoxical response to dexamethasone.
    Author: Clouston WM, Cannell GC, Fryar BG, Searle JW, Martin NI, Mortimer RH.
    Journal: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf); 1989 Oct; 31(4):467-73. PubMed ID: 2534067.
    Abstract:
    An adult woman with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, hemihypertrophy and an androgen-secreting adrenal adenoma is described. She presented with a 7-year history of progressive virilization and was found to have high plasma levels of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) sulphate and elevated levels of urinary metabolites of testosterone and its precursors. Administration of dexamethasone was associated with progressive rises in plasma 17 alpha OH progesterone, 11 beta-desoxycortisol, DHEA sulphate, androstenedione and testosterone, together with increased urinary excretion of androsterone, 11 beta OH androsterone, etiocholanolone, DHEA, and 16 alpha OH DHEA. Hormone levels fell to normal following removal of the tumour.
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