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A rare case report of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy induced by catecholamine-producing tumor [PDF]
, 2018 RATIONALE: Catecholamine-producing tumors are rare, occurring in less than 0.2% of patients with hypertension, but can have relevant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 37-year-old woman presented with a history of dyspnea, chest
Bisogni, Valeria +12 more
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Effects of loperamide on the human hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in vivo and in vitro. [PDF]
, 1992 Loperamide, an opiate agonist of high specificity for p-receptors, was recently reported to suppress ACTH and cortisol levels in normal subjects, but not in patients with proven ACTH-dependent Cushing’s disease. However, there is little information on
Auernhammer, Christoph J. +4 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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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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Targeted Molecular Imaging in Adrenal Disease—An Emerging Role for Metomidate PET-CT [PDF]
, 2016 Adrenal lesions present a significant diagnostic burden for both radiologists and endocrinologists, especially with the increasing number of adrenal 'incidentalomas' detected on modern computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Aigbirhio, FI +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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Adrenal pheochromocytoma incidentally discovered in a patient with parkinsonism [PDF]
, 2015 To evaluate the diagnostic route of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in a patient under dopaminergic treatment. A 70-year-old man with Parkinsonism and under treatment with levodopa and carbidopa came to our observation for evaluation of arterial hypertension and
Claudio Letizia +7 more
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Isolated familial somatotropinoma: 11Q13-LOH and gene/protein expression analysis suggests a possible involvement of aip also in non-pituitary tumorigenesis [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: Non-pituitary tumors have been reported in a subset of patients harboring germline mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene.
ALMEIDA, Madson Q. +9 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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Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2020 A 47-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity was admitted to our hospital for glucose control. She was detected to have hypertension (HT) and diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (PA) based on the high level of aldosterone to ...
Kazuhito Oba +15 more
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