[A case of adrenal black adenoma associated with Cushing's syndrome]

The patient was a 24-year-old female, who had clinical and laboratory findings of Cushing's syndrome with slight virilizative changes. CT scan, ultrasound sonography and scintigraphy demonstrated that there was a functioning tumor at the right adrenal region. Thus we performed right adrenalectomy. The tumor was a characteristic black adenoma of adrenal gland, and it microscopically consisted of compact cells with remarkable intracellular pigmented granules. Thirty-two cases of functioning adrenal black adenoma have been reported in our country and all of them were associated with Cushing's syndrome.