Abstract | OBJECTIVES: DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: Academic medical center. PATIENTS: All patients with bilateral adrenocortical nodules associated with ACTH-independent hypercortisolism without clinicopathologic features of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease with atrophic internodular adrenal cortex. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Compare and contrast our findings with those previously reported; assess response to adrenalectomy. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | J M Swain, C S Grant, R T Schlinkert, G B Thompson, J A vanHeerden, R V Lloyd, W F Young |
Journal | Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
(Arch Surg)
Vol. 133
Issue 5
Pg. 541-5; discussion 545-6
(May 1998)
ISSN: 0004-0010 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9605918
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
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Topics |
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
(complications, diagnosis, metabolism, pathology, surgery)
- Adrenalectomy
(methods)
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
(blood, urine)
- Adult
- Aged
- Cushing Syndrome
(etiology, metabolism)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
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