Adrenocortical tumor in a cat secreting more than one type of corticosteroid
Case summary A 14-year-old, spayed female domestic shorthair cat was evaluated because of a right adrenal mass. The referring veterinarian had started treatment for hypokalemia and systemic arterial hypertension. During the initial evaluation the cat was
Simone Domit Guerios +2 more
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Extra-adrenal, non-functional adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with acute abdomen: a case report
Background Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy, with 43% being non-functional. These may arise from adrenal rest anywhere in the embryonic pathway of the adrenal glands.
Alireza Mirsharifi +4 more
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Introduction Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor with an unfavorable prognosis in the advanced stage for which second‐/third‐line chemotherapy is not well established.
Akinaru Yamamoto +8 more
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Impairment of adrenocortical function associated with increased plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin 6 concentrations in African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
African sleeping sickness (SS) is a severe, potentially lethal parasitic disease. The treatments of choice are the antiparasitic agents suramin, which is adrenotoxic, and/or melarsoprol. We evaluated the functional integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-
Winkelmann, W. +19 more
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Extramitochondrial OPA1 and adrenocortical function [PDF]
We have previously described that silencing of the mitochondrial protein OPA1 enhances mitochondrial 27 Ca2+ signaling and aldosterone production in H295R adrenocortical cells.
Fülöp, László +9 more
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Adrenocortical cancer: late diagnosis of the disease on the example of a clinical case. Case report
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignant tumor originating in the adrenal cortex and characterized by poor 5-year survival. It occurs with a frequency of 2–4 cases per 2 million in the population. Women are more frequently affected than men and
Evgenia A. Starostina +9 more
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Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor: A Benign but Complex Tumor of the Cerebral Cortex [PDF]
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) is a distinct type of low-grade glioneuronal tumor. Clinically, DNET is highly associated with intractable epilepsy in young children and adolescents.
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A hypoxia risk score for prognosis prediction and tumor microenvironment in adrenocortical carcinoma
Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignant endocrine tumor derived from the adrenal cortex. Because of its highly aggressive nature, the prognosis of patients with adrenocortical carcinoma is not impressive. Hypoxia exists in the vast
Yuanyuan Deng +7 more
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A rare presentation of adrenal adenoma in infancy: isolated Cushing`s syndrome
Adrenocortical tumors are rare in children. Most of these tumors present with endocrinological manifestations, majority of which with virilizing features alone or in combination with over production of other adrenal hormones.
Oğuzhan Şal +2 more
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Adrenocortical carcinosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature
Adrenocortical carcinosarcoma is an extremely rare and aggressive variant of adrenocortical carcinoma characterized by the presence of both carcinomatous and sarcomatous components, with the latter often showing heterologous differentiation.
Sasaki Kotaro +4 more
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