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Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2016, Article ID 8964070, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8964070
Case Report

A Rare Case of Functioning Adrenocortical Oncocytoma Presenting as Cushing Syndrome

Nicola Tartaglia, Pasquale Cianci, Amedeo Altamura, Vincenzo Lizzi, Fernanda Vovola, Alberto Fersini, Antonio Ambrosi, and Vincenzo Neri

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Luigi Pinto Street, No. 1, 71122 Foggia, Italy

Received 14 December 2015; Accepted 28 January 2016

Academic Editor: Robert Stein

Copyright © 2016 Nicola Tartaglia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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