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Clinical management is challenging, and the woman is at great risk of developing steroid-induced complications.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Patients and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A 32-year-old woman with salt-wasting CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency underwent right-sided adrenalectomy because of a large myelolipoma. Over the years, androgens became increasingly difficult to suppress on prednisolone 5\u2005+\u20050\u2005+\u20052.5 mg daily, and at age 39 years the left adrenal with an enlarging myelolipoma was removed. A month later serum testosterone levels had increased from 4.1 preoperatively to 18.3 nmol\/L (reference 0.2-1.8 nmol\/L), and adrenocorticotropin levels from 32 to 283 pmol\/L (reference &amp;lt;\u200514 pmol\/L). No adrenal parenchyma was visualized on computed tomography (CT). In the further search for the source of the markedly elevated testosterone, positron emission tomography (PET) was performed with 2 different tracers, 18fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) reflecting glucose metabolism and 11C-metomidate, an inhibitor of 11-\u03b2-hydroxylase targeting adrenocortical tissue.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>18FDG-PET\/CT with cosyntropin stimulation showed ovarian\/paraovarian hypermetabolism, suggestive of adrenal rest tumors. Further characterization with 11C-metomidate PET\/CT showed uptakes localized to the ovaries\/adnexa, behind the spleen, and between the right crus diaphragmaticus and inferior vena cava.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Adrenal rest tumors can give rise to high androgen levels in spite of suppressive supraphysiological glucocorticoid doses. This case illustrates, for the first time, the value of 11C-metomidate PET as a sensitive method in documenting adrenal rest tumors, currently considered rare in women with CAH.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1210\/clinem\/dgaa870","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,27]],"date-time":"2020-11-27T16:36:42Z","timestamp":1606495002000},"page":"e675-e679","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["11C-Metomidate PET\/CT Detected Multiple Ectopic Adrenal Rest Tumors in a Woman With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"106","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4844-8336","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pia","family":"Burman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Sk\u00e5ne University Hospital, Malm\u00f6, Lund University, Malm\u00f6, 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