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Cushing’s syndrome can precipitate diabetes but mask non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Lai Y Wong, John Moore, Debbie Hill, Phil Brenner, Warick Delprado, Jennifer Turner, Joanne Taylor, Lesley Campbell and Jerry R Greenfield
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01608.x
Published online: 18 February 2008

To the Editor: We report the serendipitous finding of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a patient with adrenal Cushing’s syndrome.


  • 1 St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
  • 2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
  • 3 Park Family Practice, Sydney, NSW.
  • 4 Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: j.greenfield@garvan.org.au

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