Glycometabolic Alterations in Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: Does Replacement Therapy Play a Role? [PDF]
Secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI) is a potentially life-threatening endocrine disorder due to an impairment of corticotropin (ACTH) secretion from any process affecting the hypothalamus or pituitary gland.
Gianfrilli, Daniele+5 more
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A wide variety of autocrine/paracrine bioactive signals are able to modulate corticosteroid secretion in the human adrenal gland. These regulatory factors, released in the vicinity of adrenocortical cells by diverse cell types comprising chromaffin cells,
H. Lefebvre+2 more
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Evaluation of adrenal tumors and analysis of the metabolic profile of patients with incidentaloma [PDF]
Introduction: Advances in imaging methods have led to an increasingly frequent diagnosis of adrenal gland lesions as incidental findings. Despite progress in this field, there is still limited information regarding the epidemiology of the clinical and ...
PEDRO VICTOR GONÇALVES MONTALVÃO+5 more
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Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) : A population-based study of incidence and survival in Girona province, 1994-2004 [PDF]
Els tumors neuroendocrins (TNEs) són un grup de neoplàsies poc freqüents i heterogènies i amb un ampli espectre d'agressivitat. Hi ha molt poca informació epidemiològica a nivell mundial, l'objectiu d'aquest estudi ha estat el de reportar-ne les dades a ...
Alsina Maqueda, Maria+3 more
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Ganglioneuroma Always A Histopathological Diagnosis [PDF]
Neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma arise from sympathetic tissue in the neck, posterior mediastinum, adrenal gland, retroperitoneum and pelvis Ganglioneuromas are commonly seen in childhood.
K, Balaiah+3 more
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Aspectos clínicos e moleculares de tumor adrenocortical metacrônico pediátrico [PDF]
The occurrence of metachronous adrenocortical carcinoma has rarely been described. We report a case of a child with virilizing adrenocortical metachronous tumors that, despite several metastases, presented long-term survival (15 years).
ALENCAR, Guilherme Asmar+8 more
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Background: Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) originating from the adrenal gland is exceedingly rare, constituting a minute fraction of soft tissue sarcomas. Due to its rarity, with less than 50 documented cases in English medical literature, the diagnosis and ...
F. Mongardini+11 more
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Symptomatic ovarian steroid cell tumor not otherwise specified in a post-menopausal woman
Steroid cell tumor not otherwise specified (NOS) is a rare subtype of sex cord stromal tumor of the ovary and contributes less than 0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms.
Neha Sood+4 more
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Adrenal myelolipoma associated with cholelithiasis
Myelolipomas are usually as ymptomatic and discovered incidentally or at autopsy. They are rare benign adrenal neoplasms, characterized by the presence of adipose tissue and elements of haematopoietic tissue in various degrees of differentiation ...
Dilip K Kar+7 more
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Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient renal carcinoma:a morphologically distinct entity: a clinicopathologic series of 36 tumors from 27 patients [PDF]
Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient renal carcinoma has been accepted as a provisional entity in the 2013 International Society of Urological Pathology Vancouver Classification.
Belinsky+46 more
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