Cushing disease in a patient with nonbullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma: lessons in avoiding glucocorticoids in ichthyosis.

Nonbullous congenital ichthyosis erythroderma (CIE) is an autosomal recessive disorder of ineffective keratinization. We present a unique case of a 16-year-old female with CIE who developed Cushing disease (CD) at age 13 with concomitant worsening of her skin disease. After transsphenoidal resection of her pituitary adenoma, she had both resolution of her Cushing symptoms and significantly milder skin manifestations of her CIE. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient with both CD and CIE, one that is important in demonstrating the role of glucocorticoids in this disorder.

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Iris R Hartley, Julia Costa Beber Nunes, Maya Lodish, Constantine A Stratakis. Cushing disease in a patient with nonbullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma: lessons in avoiding glucocorticoids in ichthyosis. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM. 2019 Aug 27;32(8):911-914

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