A functioning adrenal adenoma and pheochromocytoma in the same adrenal gland: two discrete adrenal incidentalomas

A functioning adrenal adenoma and pheochromocytoma in the same adrenal gland: two discrete adrenal incidentalomas

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Functioning adrenal adenoma in association with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

We report a case of a young hypertensive male who was first seen in 1998 with a right thalamic haemorrhage and uncontrolled hypertension. CT abdomen showed a right adrenal tumour and a hyperplastic left adrenal gland. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy performed followed by histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of adrenal adenoma. He subsequently presented to us again a year later with ...

A Large Pheochromocytoma of the Adrenal Gland

A Report on Adrenal Gland Estrogens and Manifestations of Femininity

It has been shown and confirmed that adrenal cortical tumours synthesize and secrete oestro­gens more than normal adrenals and eventually produce feminization in some cases.  In addition to the above mentioned findings the lack of conversion of testosterone to dihydro­testosterone has been shown to be the main bio­chemical disorder which causes the lack of hair growth in public area in some ca...

Metastatic malignant pheochromocytoma of adrenal gland.

Malignant pheochromocytoma is a rare disease with a high mortality. Surgical removal is usually curative while chemotherapy and radiotherapy are palliative treatments. A case of metastatic malignant pheochromocytoma of the right adrenal gland is presented who had fluctuating blood pressure with episodic headache and raised urinary VMA levels. Thoraco-abdominal resection of the tumour resulted i...