Management of incidental adrenal tumours. [PDF]
An incidental adrenal tumour, described in this article as an “adrenal incidentaloma,” is an adrenal mass discovered during imaging that was not performed for suspected adrenal disease.
Fryer, AA +4 more
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Preoperative workup in the assessment of adrenal incidentalomas: outcome from 282 consecutive laparoscopic adrenalectomies [PDF]
Background: To confirm the efficacy of preoperative workup, the authors analyse the results of a multicentre study in a surgical series of patients diagnosed with an adrenal incidentaloma.
Annunziato Tricarico +12 more
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Corticosterone Potentiation of Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of Conditioned Place Preference in Mice is Mediated by Blockade of the Organic Cation Transporter 3 [PDF]
The mechanisms by which stressful life events increase the risk of relapse in recovering cocaine addicts are not well understood. We previously reported that stress, via elevated corticosterone, potentiates cocaine-primed reinstatement of cocaine seeking
A Amphoux +51 more
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Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma with a special focus on the role of selective venous blood sampling, X–ray endovascular selective electrocoagulation
O. M. Simonov +6 more
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The value of plasma markers for the clinical behaviour of phaeochromocytomas [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Phaeochromocytomas (PCCs) are widely known for their clinical unpredictability. This study intends to define predictive plasma markers for their variable postoperative behaviour.
Bonjer, H.J. (Jaap) +8 more
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Rapid-sequence MRI for long-term surveillance for paraganglioma and phaeochromocytoma in patients with succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) mutations [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Patients with SDHx mutations need long-term radiological surveillance for the development of paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas, but no longitudinal data exist.
Bull, M. +3 more
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Use of new biochemical plasmatic markers, plasma free and total metanephrines, for the diagnosis and follow-up of neuroblastoma in children with clinical correlation [PDF]
Background: Neuroblastoma is a paediatrictumour derived from the neural crest. Biochemical diagnosis and follow up rely on quantitation of urinary catecholamines (dopamine and noradrenaline) and their metabolites vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and ...
Jobe, Ch.
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Pharmacologic Management of Pediatric Hypertension [PDF]
Hypertension in children is common, and the prevalence of primary hypertension is increasing with the obesity epidemic and changing dietary choices. Careful measurement of blood pressure is important to correctly diagnose hypertension, as many factors ...
Misurac, Jason +2 more
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Isolated familial pheochromocytoma as a variant of von Hippel-Lindau disease. [PDF]
Inherited pheochromocytomas are often part of familial syndromes, especially multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2), retinal cerebellar hemangioblastomatosis [von Hippel-Lindau (vHL) disease] or neurofibromatosis type 1.
Crossey, P.A. +7 more
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Glycemic screening and recurrent carbohydrate metabolism disorders with endocrine pathology
The use of glycated hemoglobin for diabetes mellitus (DM) diagnosis is recommended by World Health Organization as of 2011. The level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5 % is a diagnostic criterion for DM but HbA1c level of 6.0–6.4 % does not exclude ...
L.А. Lutsenko
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