Cushing's syndrome due to a pituitary corticotropinoma in a child with tuberous sclerosis: an association or a coincidence?

Radha Nandagopal

Heritable Disorders Branch and

Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program, Developmental Endocrinology Branch (DEB), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),

Alexander Vortmeyer

Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) and

Edward H. Oldfield

Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) and

Margaret F. Keil

Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program, Developmental Endocrinology Branch (DEB), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),

Constantine A. Stratakis

Heritable Disorders Branch and

Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program, Developmental Endocrinology Branch (DEB), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),

Section on Endocrinology & Genetics, DEB, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Correspondence: Constantine A. Stratakis, MD, Section on Endocrinology & Genetics (SEGEN), Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program, DEB, NICHD, NIH, Building 10, CRC, Room 1-3330, 10 Center Dr, MSC1103, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. [email protected]