Usefulness and limitations of unilateral adrenalectomy for ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia in a Patient with Poor glycemic control

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1709-1713

  Kobayashi, Takaaki ^a   Miwa, Takashi ^a   Kan, Kenshi ^a   Takeda, Misato ^a   Sakai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanazawa, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Akihiko ^b   Namiki, Kazunori ^a   Nagao, Toshitaka ^a   Odawara, Masato ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toda Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia; Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450C17; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN ASPART; METYRAPONE; TRILOSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH INDEPENDENT MACRONODULAR ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863516714     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7041     Document Type: Article

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