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Radiology Case Reports, 2018 A 47-year-old female diagnosed with well-differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma was referred to our center for a 131Iodine whole body scintigraphy as follow-up.
Mahdi Haghighatafshar, MD +1 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundOncocytomas are uncommon benign tumors that arise in various organs and are predominantly composed of oncocytes. Adrenocortical oncocytomas are extremely rare and are generally non-functioning.MethodsWe report the case of a 40-year-old patient ...
Letizia Canu +8 more
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Genetic Causes of Functional Adrenocortical Adenomas [PDF]
Endocrine Reviews, 2017 Aldosterone and cortisol, the main mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid hormones in humans, are produced in the adrenal cortex, which is composed of three concentric zones with specific functional characteristics. Adrenocortical adenomas (ACAs) can lead to the autonomous secretion of aldosterone responsible for primary aldosteronism, the most frequent ...
Zennaro, Maria-Christina +2 more
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Differential diagnosis of adrenal masses by chemical shift and dynamic gadolinium enhanced MR imaging. [PDF]
, 2003 Chemical shift MRI is widely used for identifying adenomas, but it is not a perfect method. We determined whether combined dynamic MRI methods can lead to improved diagnostic accuracy.
Akaki, Shiro +5 more
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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023 Background There is an increasing number of cases of aldosterone- and cortisol-producing adenomas (A/CPAs) reported in the context of primary aldosteronism (PA).
Hongjiao Gao +5 more
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A case of acute aortic dissection type b associated with cushing's syndrome [PDF]
, 2009 We report a case of a 63-year-old man, with a previous history of hypertension and glucose intolerance associated troncular obesity that was emergently admitted to our Institution for evaluation of a severe, constant posterior chest pain which radiated ...
COTESTA, Dario +7 more
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Upregulation of TCF21 inhibits migration of adrenocortical carcinoma cells
Discover Oncology, 2021 Background Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) are rare and aggressive cancer. Our previous study has revealed that the transcription factor 21, TCF21, is downregulated in ACC and regulates steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) binding to the SF-1 E-box promoter. In
Jean Lucas Kremer +3 more
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Methylation status of Vitamin D receptor gene promoter in benign and malignant adrenal tumors [PDF]
, 2015 We previously showed a decreased expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) mRNA/protein in a small group of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) tissues, suggesting the loss of a protective role of VDR against malignant cell growth in this cancer type ...
Cappellesso, Rocco +7 more
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Virilizing adrenocortical carcinoma in a child: A rare enigma
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012 Adrenocortical carcinomas are rare tumors with an incidence of one to two cases per million population and are still more rarer in the pediatric age group.
Varuna Sipayya +4 more
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Unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2007 Background The most common tumours of the adrenal gland are adenoma, pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and metastases. Although the imaging features of these tumours are established, the imaging characteristics of uncommon adrenal masses are ...
Mudan Satvinder +3 more
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