This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek +18 more
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Adrenal insufficiency caused by bilateral adrenal metastases - a rare treatable cause for recurrent nausea and vomiting in metastatic breast cancer [PDF]
Background: Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms in patients with malignant disease. Several, sometimes rare causes have to be considered to decide the right treatment.
Bausewein, Claudia +2 more
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Hypogonadism and sexual function in men affected by adrenocortical carcinoma under mitotane therapy
PurposeAdrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive tumor. ACC male patients under adjuvant mitotane therapy (AMT) frequently develop hypogonadism, however sexual function has never been assessed in this setting.
Letizia Canu +35 more
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Adrenal imaging (Part 1): Imaging techniques and primary cortical lesions
Adrenal glands can be affected by a variety of lesions. Adrenal lesions can either be primary, of adrenal origin, or secondary to other pathologies. Primary adrenal lesions can further be either of cortical or medullary origin.
Ananya Panda +4 more
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Adrenal myelolipoma: Radiologic-pathologic correlation
Myelolipomas are rare, benign tumors of adrenal gland. These tumors are generally asymptomatic and are diagnosed incidentally. Differentiating the tumor from other adrenal tumors such as liposarcoma, pheochromocytoma is important for management.
Ashish Sachan +3 more
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Adrenal schwannoma: An uncommon incidentaloma
WHO classification of adrenal tumors. Only a handful of cases have been reported so far. A 30-year-old lady presented with cerebrovascular accident.
Sumanta Bhattacharya +3 more
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NCCN Guidelines Insights: Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors, Version 2.2018.
The NCCN Guidelines for Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors provide recommendations for the management of adult patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), adrenal gland tumors, pheochromocytomas, and paragangliomas.
M. Shah +35 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytomas in a boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease [PDF]
Objectives: In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel ...
Elsner, Romy +5 more
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Hijacking emergency granulopoiesis: Neutrophil ontogeny and reprogramming in cancer
Neutrophils are highly plastic innate immune cells; their functions in cancer extend beyond the tumour microenvironment. This Review summarises current understanding of neutrophil maturation and heterogeneity and highlights tumour‐induced granulopoiesis as a systemic programme that expands immature, immunosuppressive neutrophils via tumour‐derived ...
Gabriela Marinescu, Yi Feng
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Latent adrenal Ewing sarcoma family of tumors: A case report [PDF]
Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) is derived from the neural crest, which originates from basal embryo cells in the primitive neural tube. ESFT often arises at the bone, chest wall, and soft tissues of the thoracic region.
Yamamoto, Takuma +7 more
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