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Adrenal venous sampling for stratifying patients for surgery of adrenal nodules detected using dynamic contrast enhanced CT [PDF]

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2014
PURPOSEWe aimed to assess the value of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) for diagnosing primary aldosteronism (PA) subtypes in patients with a unilateral nodule detected on adrenal computed tomography (CT) and scheduled for adrenalectomy.
Jin Young Kim, See Hyung Kim, Hee Jung Lee, Young Hwan Kim, Mi Jeong Kim, Seung Hyun Cho   +5 more
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Radiological characteristics and diagnostic impact of duplicated right adrenal veins on adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2021
PURPOSEWe aimed to analyze the prevalence and radiological characteristics of duplicated right adrenal veins (DRAVs) and evaluate the diagnostic impact of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) in primary aldosteronism.METHODSDRAVs were retrospectively identified
Hiromitsu Tannai, Kohzoh Makita, Seishi Matsui, Yuya Koike, Yuya Tsurutani, Jun Saito   +5 more
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Adrenal Artery Ablation for the Treatment of Hypercortisolism Based on Adrenal Venous Sampling: A Potential Therapeutic Strategy

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2020
Qing Zhou, Xiaoli Liu, Hexuan Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Qiang Li, Hongbo He, Zhiming Zhu, Zhencheng Yan Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology, Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension, Daping Hospital and the ...
Zhou Q, Liu X, Zhang H, Zhao Z, Li Q, He H, Zhu Z, Yan Z   +7 more
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Hypercortisolism and primary aldosteronism caused by bilateral adrenocortical adenomas: a case report

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Co-existing Cushing’s syndrome and primary aldosteronism caused by bilateral adrenocortical adenomas, secreting cortisol and aldosterone, respectively, have rarely been reported.
Kaiyun Ren, Jia Wei, Qilin Liu, Yuchun Zhu, Nianwei Wu, Ying Tang, Qianrui Li, Qianying Zhang, Yerong Yu, Zhenmei An, Jing Chen, Jianwei Li   +11 more
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Bilateral superselective adrenal artery embolization for primary aldosteronism: A comparative evaluation of clinical efficacy and safety

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective Superselective adrenal arterial embolization with ethanol has demonstrated promising efficacy in patients with primary aldosteronism and lateralized aldosterone secretion.
Dongliang Cao, Xiaochun Zhang, Bo Tang, Huajun Zeng, Min He, Sha Lei   +5 more
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Role of Interventional Radiology in Endocrine Diseases- Review Article

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2015
Recently, a number of procedures for interventional radiology diagnosis and treatment have been developed by the radiologists. The ‘Interventional Radiology’ refers to the therapeutic procedures performed under imaging guidance.
Hossein GHANAATI, Kavous FIROUZNIA, Bagher LARIJANI, Amir Hossein JALALI   +3 more
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Insulinoma-associated Transient Hypothalamus—Pituitary—Adrenal Axis Impairment and Amelioration by Steroid Therapy and Surgical Intervention: A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2007
Insulinoma is the most common functional tumor among pancreatic islet cell tumors. This type of tumor is difficult to localize prior to surgery and can lead to serious hypoglycemia.
Yu-Hung Chang, Ming-Chia Hsieh, Shih-Chieh Hsin, Shyi-Jang Shin, Kun-Der Lin   +4 more
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Successful lateralization by adrenal vein sampling in a patient of primary aldosteronism on concurrent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist: Time to change the narrative

Endocrine and Metabolic Science
Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common endocrine cause of hypertension. Untreated PA carries a high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Rujul Jain, Navein Thomas John, Pushpender Khatana   +2 more
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Adrenal Venous Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism: The Usefulness of Contralateral Suppression Index

Case Reports in Medicine, 2019
Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard test to differentiate the unilateral from the bilateral form in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) although it may be a difficult procedure, especially the successful cannulation of the right ...
Natalia Treistman, Aline Barbosa Moraes, Stéphanie Cozzolino, Patrícia de Fatima dos Santos Teixeira, Leonardo Vieira Neto   +4 more
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Falsely Elevated Serum Testosterone Levels in a Young Adult Female with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and Left Adrenal Adenoma

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2014
Serum testosterone immunoassay interference may cause falsely high results. We report a case of 20-year-old female with PCOS whose initial serum testosterone levels were more than 10 nM. Further imaging revealed a left adrenal adenoma.
Yin Chian Kon, Robert Hawkins
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