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CLINICAL ROLE OF GASLESS LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY

2009

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that the pneumoperitoneum (PNP) may have several hemodynamic, metabolic, neurologic, and humoral effects; in a limited number of patients, these effects represent a contraindication to the use of the PNP in the presence of glaucoma, cardiovascular insufficiency, advanced chronic obstructive bronchitis, and neurologic disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between May 2002 and July 2008, we performed 9 laparoscopic gasless adrenalectomies in 8 patients (5 male and 3 female): 4 left, 3 right, and 1 bilateral, treated in 2 different operations. Mean age was 54.8 years (range: 34 to 76 y). Preoperative diagnosis was Cushing in 5 cases, pheochromocytoma in 1…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentmedicine.medical_treatmentAdrenal Gland DiseasesAbdominal wallYoung AdultPneumoperitoneumHypertensive retinopathymedicineHumansChildLaparoscopyContraindicationAgedAged 80 and overGASLESS ADRENALECTOMY LAPAROSCOPYmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryContraindicationsAdrenalectomyIncidentalomaAdrenalectomyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSurgeryRetractorSettore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generalemedicine.anatomical_structureChild PreschoolFemaleLaparoscopySurgerybusinessPneumoperitoneum Artificial
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The ratio of androstenedione: 11β-hydroxyandrostenedione is an important marker of adrenal androgen excess in women

1992

To determine if the ratio of serum androstenedione (A):11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione (OHA) would be helpful in differentiating adrenal from ovarian hyperandrogenism.Prospective study of outpatients being evaluated for hyperandrogenism.Normal women (n = 27), those with hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation (n = 25), and 7 with adult onset of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) because of 21-hydroxylase deficiency.Fasting serum between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. Patients with hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation and CAH received dexamethasone (DEX) 2 mg for 7 days.Serum testosterone (T), unbound T, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), A, and 11 beta-OHA by radioimmunoassay.Serum 11 beta-OHA an…

Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentmedicine.drug_classAdrenal Gland DiseasesRadioimmunoassayDexamethasoneAnovulationchemistry.chemical_compoundDehydroepiandrosterone sulfateInternal medicineAdrenal GlandsmedicineHumansCongenital adrenal hyperplasiaProspective StudiesAndrostenedioneDexamethasoneHyperplasiaAdrenal Hyperplasia Congenitalbusiness.industryHyperandrogenismAndrostenedioneObstetrics and GynecologyRadioimmunoassaymedicine.diseaseAndrogenEndocrinologyReproductive MedicinechemistryAndrogensFemalebusinessBiomarkersmedicine.drugFertility and Sterility
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Arterial hypertension due to primary adrenal hydatid cyst.

2002

Adultmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryHelminthiasisAdrenal Gland DiseasesAnticestodal AgentsHydatid cystAdrenalectomymedicine.diseaseAlbendazoleSurgeryEchinococcosisHypertensionmedicineHumansSurgeryFemaleComplicationbusinessTomography X-Ray ComputedSurgery
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Congenital adrenal hypoplasia and hearing loss. A case report

1995

We report on the diagnostics, the therapeutics and the follow-up (to 3 years and 5 months) of a newborn affected by X-linked congenital adrenal hypoplasia. After the beginning of substitute hormonal therapy, the patient underwent periodical clinical examinations, with particular attention to the growth, and laboratory tests, which monitored the hormonal pattern. This experience points out the diagnostic role of low maternal levels of urinary estriol during pregnancy and the importance of a prolonged follow-up, so as to discover associated pathologies as early as possible. In our case, in fact, the study of auditory brainstem responses enabled us to recognize a mild transmission hearing loss…

CortisoneMalenot availableTime FactorsMineralocorticoidsHearing Loss ConductiveAdrenal Gland DiseasesInfant NewbornHumansFollow-Up StudiesPedigree
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