Adrenal Disorders
100 Cases from the Adrenal Clinic
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2022
- Latest edition
- Authors: William F. Young, Irina Bancos
- Language: English
Adrenal disorders are often difficult to diagnose due to common symptoms, and challenging to treat due to common comorbidities. Adrenal Disorders: 100 Cases from the Adrenal Cl… Read more
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Features 100 two-page cases covering a wide range of common and uncommon adrenal disorders.
Includes case report, investigations, treatment, and outcome for each case, plus a case overview with expert advice, take-home points, and references.
Organizes comprehensive content by type of disorder, including adrenal masses (benign and malignant), primary aldosteronism, ACTH-independent Cushing syndrome, ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome, adrenal carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, adrenal and ovarian hyperandrogenism, and adrenal disorders in pregnancy.
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Section A. Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass
Case #1: 45-Year Old Woman with an Incidentally Discovered Large Adrenal Mass
Case #2: Adrenal Mass in a Patient with History of Extra-adrenal Malignancy: the Role of Imaging
Case #3: Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass in a Patient with History of Extra-adrenal Malignancy: the Role of Adrenal Biopsy
Case #4: Nonfunctioning Lipid Rich Adrenocortical Adenoma—Role of Follow-up
Case #5: 54-Year Old Woman with an Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass and Abnormal Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Role of Adrenalectomy
Case #6: Lipid Poor Adrenal Masses—The Case for Aggressive Management
Section B. Primary Aldosteronism
Case #7: Primary Aldosteronism—When Adrenal Venous Sampling is not Needed Before Unilateral Adrenalectomy
Case #8: Primary Aldosteronism with Unilateral Adrenal Nodule on Computed Tomography
Case #9: Primary Aldosteronism with Bilateral Adrenal Nodules on Computed Tomography
Case #10: Primary Aldosteronism Caused by Unilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia
Case #11: Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Associated Clinically Important Cortisol Co-secretion
Case #12: Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with an Adrenal Macroadenoma and Clinically Important Cortisol Co-secretion
Case #13: Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient Treated with Spironolactone
Case #14: Failed Catheterization of the Right Adrenal Vein—When Incomplete Adrenal Venous Sampling Data Can Be Used to Direct a Surgical Cure
Case #15: Primary Aldosteronism: When Adrenal Venous Sampling Shows Suppressed Aldosterone Secretion From Both Adrenal Glands
Section C. ACTH-Independent Cushing Syndrome
Case #16: 28-Year-Old Woman with Remote History of Adrenal Mass Presenting with New Onset Hypertension and Weight Gain
Case #17: 26-Year-Old Woman with a Discrepant Work-up for Cushing Syndrome Subtype
Case #18: 45-Year-Old Woman with Corticotropin-Independent Cushing Syndrome and Bilateral Adrenal Adenomas
Case #19: Corticotropin-Independent Cushing Syndrome in a Patient with “Normal” Adrenal Imaging
Case #20: 66-Year-Old Woman with Corticotropin-Independent Hypercortisolism and Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia
Case #21: 35-Year-Old Woman with Low Bone Density and Fractures
Case #22: Carney Triad (Pentad) and Adrenal Adenoma with Clinically Important Cortisol Secretory Autonomy
Section D. Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma and Oncocytic Neoplasm
Case #23: Adrenal cortical carcinoma in a patient with history of adrenal incidentaloma
Case #24: Unexpected Diagnosis of Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma: Role of Urinary Steroid Profiling
Case #25: Oncocytic adrenocortical carcinoma
Case #26: Mitotane therapy in the ENSAT Stage II Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Case #27: Cortisol-Secreting Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma—Role for Surgical Debulking of the Primary Tumor
Case #28: Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Severe Cushing Syndrome
Case #29: Pure Aldosterone-Secreting Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Case #30: Long-standing Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient Diagnosed with Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Case #31: Adrenocortical Carcinoma Associated with Lynch Syndrome
Case #32: Adrenocortical Carcinoma Associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Case #33: Adrenocortical Carcinoma Presenting with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus
Case #34: Management of Mitotane Therapy in Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Section E. Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
Case #35: Most Pheochromocytomas Grow Slowly
Case #36: The “Prebiochemical” Pheochromocytoma
Case #37: Huge Catecholamine-Secreting Tumor
Case#38: Metyrosine Use in a Patient with Metastatic Pheochromocytoma
Case #39: Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Case #40: New Diagnosis of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A in a Patient with Bilateral Pheochromocytomas
Case #41: Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with von Hippel Lindau Disease
Case #42: Bilateral Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with MYC-associated Protein X (MAX) Genetic Predisposition
Case #43: The Cystic Pheochromocytoma
Case #44: Skull Base and Neck Paragangliomas—Considerations for the Endocrinologist
Case #45: Cardiac Paraganglioma.
Case #46: Pheochromocytoma in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B
Case #47: Metastatic Paraganglioma—An Approach to Management and the Use Serial Imaging to Assess Rate of Tumor Progression
Case #48: Metastatic Pheochromocytoma—Role for 68-Ga DOTATATE PET CT
Case #49: Carney Triad (Pentad) and Catecholamine-Secreting Paragangliomas
Case #50: Metastatic Paraganglioma—Role For Systemic Chemotherapy
Case #51: Cryoablation Therapy for Metastatic Paraganglioma
Case #52: Paraganglioma in a patient with cyanotic cardiac disease
Case #53: Metastatic Paraganglioma—Role For External Beam Radiation Therapy
Section F. Corticotropin (ACTH)-Dependent Hypercortisolism
Case #54:ACTH-Dependent Cushing Syndrome can be frequently misdiagnosed
Case #55: ACTH-Dependent Cushing Syndrome—Role for Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling
Case #56: ACTH-Dependent Cushing Syndrome—When Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling is Not Needed
Case #57: Severe ACTH-Dependent Cushing Syndrome Due to a Pituitary Adenoma
Ectopic Cushing Syndrome Associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B
Case #59: Ectopic Cushing Syndrome Treated with Cryoablation
Case #60: Cyclical Ectopic Cushing Syndrome
Case #61: Mild Cushing Syndrome Associated with Ectopic Corticotropin Secretion
Case #62: Bilateral Adrenal Cryoablation in Corticotropin-dependent Cushing Syndrome
Case #63: Cushing Syndrome Associated with Ectopic Corticotropin and Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Secreting Pheochromocytoma
Case #64: Cushing Syndrome in the Setting of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Section G. Other Adrenal Masses
Case #65: Adrenal Myelolipoma—A Computed Tomography Diagnosis
Case #66: Adrenal Schwannoma
Case #67: Trauma-Related Unilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
Case #68: Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
Case #69: Primary Adrenal Teratoma
Case #70: The Adrenal Stone
Case #71: Simple Adrenal Cyst
Case #72: Adrenal Cystic Lymphangioma
Case #73: Adrenal Hemangioma
Case #74: Adrenal Ganglioneuroma
Case #75: 42-Year-Old Woman with a Large Adrenal Mass
Case #76: Primary Adrenal Leiomyosarcoma
Case #77: Primary Adrenal Lymphoma
Case #78. 39-Year-Old Man with a Large Adrenal Mass
Case # 79: 59-Year-Old Man with Enlarging Bilateral Adrenal Masses
Case # 80: 65-Year-Old Man with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Case #81: 47-Year-Old Man with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Case #82: Bilateral Adrenal Myelolipoma—Think of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Case #83: A Unilateral Lipid Poor Adrenal Mass—An Atypical Presentation of Adrenal Histoplasmosis
Case #84: Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia (BMAH) in the Setting of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Case #85: Pseudo-Adrenal Masses
Section H. Adrenal and Ovarian Hyperandrogenism
Case #86: A Huge Adrenal Myelolipoma in a Patient with a Suboptimally Controlled Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Case #87: Balancing Glucocorticoid and Androgen Excess in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Case #88: Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S): The “Love it” or “Hate it” Hormone
Case #89: Sorting out the Source of Androgen Excess in a Postmenopausal Woman with an Adrenal and an Ovarian Mass
Case #90: Primary Testosterone-Secreting Adrenocortical Carcinoma in a Premenopausal Woman.
Case #91: Premenopausal Woman with Testosterone-secreting Ovarian Tumor
Case #92: Sorting out the Source of Androgen Excess in a Postmenopausal Woman with an Adrenal Mass
Case #93: Testosterone-Secreting Benign Adrenal Adenoma in a Postmenopausal Woman
Section I. Adrenal Disorders in Pregnancy
Case #94: Malignant Pheochromocytoma in Pregnancy
Case #95: Catecholamine-Secreting Paraganglioma in Pregnancy
Case #96: The Peripartum Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma and a Genetic Mystery Solved
Case #97. History of Pregnancy in a 41-Year-Old Woman with Undiagnosed Cushing syndrome
Case #98: Pregnancy in a Patient with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Case #99: Pregnancy in a Patient with 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
Case #100: Primary Aldosteronism in Pregnancy
"This book provides practical guidance and clinical insight for the assessment and management of a wide variety of adrenal disorders using cased-based learning. It is a helpful resource for practitioners and trainees alike, especially for reviewing rarely seen cases with expert advice."
©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Marcelo Ramirez, M.D. (Cook County Health)
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 1, 2022
- Language: English
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