Rare case of Cushing’s disease due to double ACTH-producing adenomas, one located in the pituitary gland and one into the stalk

Marco Mendola, Alessia Dolci, Lanfranco Piscopello, Giustino Tomei, Dario Bauer, Sabrina Corbetta, Bruno Ambrosi

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We describe a patient affected by Cushing’s disease due to the presence of double pituitary adenomas, one located within the anterior pituitary and the other in the infundibulum associated with a remnant of Rakthe’s pouch. Cure was achieved only after the infundibulum lesion was surgically removed …