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We also report cases of PBMAH from our medical center treated by UA.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results A total number of 71 cases of PBMAH (62 cases reported in the literature and 9 cases from our center) are presented. Most patients were women (73.2%) and most UA involved the left side (64.3%). In most cases, the resected gland was the larger one. Following UA, 94.4% of cases had remission of hypercortisolism. Recurrence rate of CS was 19.4% and hypoadrenalism occurred in 29.6%. After UA, when the size of the remained adrenal gland was equal or greater than 3.5\u2009cm, CS persisted in 21.4% of cases, and recurrence occurred in 27.3% of cases (after 20\u00b19.2 months). However, when the size of the remained gland was less than 3.5\u2009cm, CS resolved in all cases and recurrence occurred in 21.2% of cases after a long period (65.6\u00b152.1 months). High levels of urinary free cortisol (UFC) were not correlated with post-surgical CS recurrence or persistence.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Conclusions UA leads to beneficial outcomes in patients with CS related to PBMAH, also in cases with pre-surgical elevated UFC or contralateral large gland.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-0998-7884","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,21]],"date-time":"2019-10-21T22:48:25Z","timestamp":1571698105000},"page":"827-834","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Unilateral Adrenalectomy for Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia: Analysis of 71 Cases"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"128","author":[{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Sheikh-Ahmad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Istael"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriel","family":"Dickstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Istael"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ibrahim","family":"Matter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carmela","family":"Shechner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Istael"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacob","family":"Bejar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Reut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Istael"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gideon","family":"Sroka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Laniado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leonard","family":"Saiegh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Istael"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"441","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecl.2005.01.004","article-title":"Bilateral adrenal Cushing\u2019s syndrome: Macronodular adrenal hyperplasia and primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease","volume":"34","author":"A Lacroix","year":"2005","journal-title":"Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"1226","article-title":"Cushing\u2019s syndrome secondary to ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia. 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