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T A Elhadd

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PubMed1996

An ovarian lipid cell tumour causing virilization and Cushing's syndrome.

We report a 73-year-old woman with rapidly developing symptoms and signs of Cushing's syndrome and high urinary free cortisol. She was virilized and hirsute with testosterone levels which became exceptionally high. ACTH was suppressed and CT scan of the adrenals and pelvis showed no abnormality. Ultrasound scanning showed enlargement of the left ovary. Venous catheter studies suggested a left ovarian source. A 2-cm diameter lipid cell tumor was removed from the left ovary laparoscopically. Histology was initially benign, and clinical and biochemical cure of Cushing's syndrome was rapid. However, the neoplastic nature of the ovarian tumour was demonstrated 12 months later when peritoneal metastases were detected and there was then clinical and biochemical relapse.

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Abnormal markers of endothelial cell activation and oxidative stress in children, adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes with no clinical vascular disease.

BACKGROUND: Endothelial cell dysfunction is an early feature of vascular disease and oxidative stress may be involved in its pathogenesis. METHODS: Fifty-one children, adolescents and young people with Type 1 diabetes with no clinical diabetic angiopathy, mean age+/-SD of 16+/-4 years, diabetes duration of 8+/-5 years, and HbA(1c) of 8.5+/-1.6%, and 29 age, sex matched normal controls had blood samples assayed for E-selectin, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, von Willebrand Factor, red cell superoxide dismutase, plasma thiol and red cell glutathione. RESULTS: E-selectin and ICAM-1 levels were significantly higher in the diabetic patients at 72+/-24 ng/ml and 287+/-57 ng/ml, respectively vs 43+/-16 ng/ml and 248+/-71 ng/ml in the normal controls (p<0.0002 and p<0.013). Von Willebrand Factor levels were not different between the two groups. Superoxide dismutase activity was significantly higher in the diabetic group at 220+/-58 micro/ml vs 175+/-24 micro/ml in the normal controls p<0.001, and those of plasma thiol and red cell glutathione were significantly lower in the diabetic group, at 1267+/-202 micromol/l and 458+/-38 micromol/l, respectively vs 1403+/-278 micromol/l and 487+/-70 micromol/l in the controls p<0.02 and p<0.03. Levels of superoxide dismutase correlated negatively with plasma thiol, age and diabetes duration r=-0.318, p<0.02; r=-0. 328, p<0.02; and r=-0.286, p<0.05, respectively. CONCLUSION: These results confirm evidence of endothelial perturbation in young people with diabetes mellitus, and they also suggest that free radical generation may contribute to this dysfunction. This supports the hypothesis that vascular disease starts early in the course of childhood diabetes, akin to the situation in adults with diabetes.

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