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The American Journal of Surgery, 1973
Summary o 1. A case of pure virilization caused by an adrenocortical adenoma in a nineteen year old woman is presented. 2. Urinary output of 17-ketosteroids and plasma testosterone concentration increased after dexamethasone suppression and decreased after adrenocorticotropin stimulation. 3.
S, Mizutani, T, Sonoda, K, Matsumoto
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Summary o 1. A case of pure virilization caused by an adrenocortical adenoma in a nineteen year old woman is presented. 2. Urinary output of 17-ketosteroids and plasma testosterone concentration increased after dexamethasone suppression and decreased after adrenocorticotropin stimulation. 3.
S, Mizutani, T, Sonoda, K, Matsumoto
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Androgen-Secreting Adrenal Adenomas
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2002The androgen source in women with hirsutism and signs of virilism may be the ovary or adrenal gland.Three patients with androgen excess are reported. Two had hyperandrogenemia and Cushing syndrome with an adrenal mass greater than 5.5 cm; the third had a small adrenal adenoma secreting only testosterone and responsive to human chorionic gonadotropin ...
K, Danilowicz +5 more
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ADRENAL ADENOMA AND HYPERTENSION
The Lancet, 1967Abstract In a series of 1495 consecutive necropsies in patients aged over ten years, the prevalence of adrenal cortical adenoma was 1·41% and of adrenal hyperplasia 7·37%. The prevalence of hypertension was virtually identical in adrenal adenoma, adrenal hyperplasia, and comparable control groups.
J P, Kokko, T C, Brown, M M, Berman
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Myxoid adrenal cortical adenoma
Pathology International, 2001Myxoid adrenal cortical adenoma is a rare tumor and, to our knowledge, only 16 cases have been reported. We present the case of a 56‐year‐old Japanese man who was admitted to hospital because of a right adrenal mass that was discovered during a routine physical examination.
K, Honda +5 more
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Adrenal Adenoma and Hypertension
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1972Excerpt To the editor: The article by Spark and Melby in the December issue [75:831-836, 1971] on hypertension and low plasma renin activity sheds some light on the puzzling and fascinating relatio...
M I, Salomon, V, Tchertkoff
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Benign Masculinizing Adrenal Adenomas
New England Journal of Medicine, 1973It did not seem likely that new steroid-secreting tumors remained to be described, but two benign masculinizing adenomas of the adrenal cortex have been reported this year (by Werk and his associat...
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Large Benign Virilizing Adrenal Adenoma
Southern Medical Journal, 1988The young woman described sought evaluation for infertility and was found to have virilization due to a large left adrenal tumor. Further endocrine studies confirmed a syndrome of pure virilization with normal glucocorticoid function. Resection of this apparently benign tumor resulted in regression of virilization, as well as pregnancy.
R S, Martin, R F, Grenfell, W H, Cleland
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Cushing syndrome—Unilateral adrenal adenoma
2019The most frequent form of ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome is caused by unilateral adrenocortical adenomas. This condition is diagnosed in patients with a clinical phenotype of Cushing’s syndrome, in the presence of hormonal alterations indicative of hypercortisolism, low plasma morning ACTH levels, and an adrenocortical tumor with radiological ...
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