Diagnosis of adrenal tumors. (Tips from Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  September 1, 1991 ;     345 words ...Adrenal tumors present with a wide variety of symptoms...frequently used localization techniques for adrenal tumors. During a 20-year period, a total of . 121 adult patients had primary adrenal tumors surgically confirmed in two hospitals...

Immunohistochemical detection of angiotensin receptors AT1 and AT2 in...

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of the angiotensin receptors in the adrenal tumors are very scarce. To overcome this gap...receptors - AT1 - AT2 - Adrenal gland - Adrenal tumors - Immunohistochemistry Introduction...data on angiotensin receptors in the adrenal tumors are rather scarce and partly controversial...

ANIMAL DOCTOR

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 5, 1997 ;     257 words ......pituitary dependent disease. The other 15 percent exhibit adrenal tumors, and they usually are found in middle-aged dogs. The illness...your dog is quite effective. Surgery may be indicated for adrenal tumors. Lysodren is not too effective in this type of Cushing's...

Myxoid adrenal cortical carcinoma - A rare variant of adrenocortical...

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  November 1, 2005 ;     624 words ......Pathol 2000; 24:396-401. 2. Tang CK, Harriman BB, Toker C.Myxoid adrenal cortical carcinoma: A light and electron microscopic study...Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2000 29:15-25. 5. Forsthoefel KF. Myxoid adrenal cortical carcinoma; a case report with differential diagnostic...

The diagnostic role of radionuclide imaging in evaluation of patients with...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......with nonhypersecreting unilateral adrenal tumors that had been originally detected on...Furthermore, in 7 patients with malignant adrenal tumors, FDG whole-body scanning revealed extra-adrenal...accurately provide anatomic details of adrenal tumors and may suggest the nature ...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Gaining experience by graded approach

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......hypervascular tumors and large-sized benign and malignant adrenal tumors, making laparoscopic adrenalectomy a gold standard in treatment...malignancy, tumor invasion of adjacent organs, recurrent adrenal tumors and patients who were high risk due to cardiopulmonary disease...

CT and MRI of adrenal masses

Applied Radiology;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......better appreciated on CT images (Figure 3).7,8 Myelolipomas Myelolipomas are rare, benign adrenal tumors, accounting for 3% of all primary adrenal tumors, with a prevalence of 0.06% to 0.2% in autopsy studies.9,10 They are composed of adipose...

Laparoscopic Approach Reduces Likelihood of Perioperative Complications in...

The American Surgeon;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......postoperative pulmonary complications. Large and malignant adrenal tumors are more frequently removed through an open approach. However...is considered the treatment of choice for small, benign adrenal tumors. However, most reported comparative series include the surgeons...

phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      99 words ......phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride, a blood pressure drug given to control high blood pressure and sweating when a patient has adrenal tumors (pheochromocytoma). *CAUTION: Low blood pressure or known allergy to this drug prohibits its use. *ADVERSE EFFECTS: Among...

Adrenalectomy may help mild Cushing syndrome patients

The Hindustan Times;  December 9, 2007 ;     512 words ......form of Cushing syndrome, a metabolic disorder caused by adrenal tumors, show considerable clinical improvement after adrenalectomy...can say, however, that there are many people with large adrenal tumors who, while not meeting classical criteria for Cushing syndrome...

Rely on clinical skills to diagnose ferret adrenal disease

DVM;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and dorsal to the spleen. Case management: In this case, adrenal tumors are the primary clinical differential diagnosis. At this...exploratory laparotomy and histopathologic examination. Review adrenal tumors: Adrenal gland tumors are a common problem for ferrets 3...

Hyperadrenocorticism offers obstacles in diagnosis, treatment

DVM;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......occur in dogs; concurrent pituitary and adrenal tumors may also occur. Adrenocortical tumors occur...not useful in differentiating malignant adrenal tumors from benign adrenal tumors. In general, large adrenocortical tumors...

Radiofrequency energy cooks cancers.

United Press International;  March 27, 2000 ;     669 words ......radiofrequency energy in patients with certain kidney and adrenal tumors, said Dr. Bradford Wood, a staff clinician at the NIH Clinical...Clinical Center researchers. In this trial, he said, 10 of 15 adrenal tumors -- 67 percent -- showed no active disease, while the remaining...

Beware of false positives, negatives in canine hyperadrenocorticism...

DVM;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......adenocarcinoma and noncortisol-secreting adrenal tumors (2002 ECVTM-CA/ESVIM Congress Abstract...adenocarcinoma and noncortisol-secreting adrenal tumors. All of the dogs with adrenal adenocarcinoma...the dogs with noncortisol-secreting adrenal tumors had one or more of the hormones ...

Accumulation of iodine-131-iodocholesterol in renal cell carcinoma adrenal...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Accumulation of NP59 in metastatic adrenal tumors, although a very rare finding, suggests...crucial to distinguish between metastatic adrenal tumors and other benign tumors to assess tumor...neoplasms for the evaluation of their adrenal tumors, seven of which were histologically...