Two rare cases of familial (mother and daughter) adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal adenoma, as well as the asynchronous development of another contralateral adrenal adenoma in the mother.

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We herein report two cases involving a mother and daughter who presented with clinical features of Cushing's syndrome (CS) at 50 and 29 years of age, respectively, and were both found to have adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent adrenal adenoma. Furthermore, a new adenoma was detected in the contralateral adrenal gland in the mother 10 years after surgical treatment, when she presented with subclinical CS. The...

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