Clinically silent corticotroph adenomas are rare. The clinical course of these tumors varies: while some have an insidious course, others behave aggressively, especially during tumoral recurrence. Given the absence of clinical and biochemical features of hypercortisolism, the definitive diagnosis is histological.
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