ADRENAL-SPECIFIC RADIOLIGAND, 131I-6β-iodomethyl-19norcholest-5(10)-en-3β-ol (131I-adosterol)1 was developed in the 1970s. Increased uptake of the agent in tumor regardless of visualization of the contralateral gland suggests that the adrenal mass is usually a benign cortical adenoma.2 This agent has the potency to diagnose lesions of the adrenal cortex and has been widely used to diagnose lesi...

Adrenal length and width were determined from two-dimensional ultrasound longitudinal images. In study 1, 540 measurements of adrenal glands were attempted from five healthy beagle dogs by three different observers with different levels of expertise in ultrasonography, to determine the variability of adrenal gland measurements. Of these, 484 measurements were included in the statistical analysi...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to modify the adrenal gland-sparing strategy based on retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy by reviewing the anatomic relationship between the kidney and the adrenal gland. METHODS From June 2010 to October 2012, a total of 68 patients (45 males and 23 females) with localized renal cell carcinoma were treated at our hospital. The study inc...

OBJECTIVES To establish a normal range for fetal adrenal gland length at 11-13 weeks' gestation and to investigate whether the length is altered in fetal trisomy 18. METHODS Fetal adrenal gland length was measured by three-dimensional ultrasound in fetuses at low risk of aneuploidies (n = 400) and another group at high risk, including 380 euploid fetuses and 41 with trisomy 18. The data of th...

Adrenal collision tumors (ACTs), in which distinct tumors coexist without histological intermingling in the same adrenal gland, are rare and their actual prevalence is unknown. ACTs commonly consist of adrenal cortical adenoma, myelolipoma, or metastatic malignant tumor. We report a 58-year-old woman with a past history of breast cancer, who presented with a 1 month history of fevers, chills, a...

Primary adrenal gland lymphoma is an uncommon diagnosis. Even among the small group of reported cases, most cases are diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Primary Hodgkin lymphoma of the adrenal gland has only been described once previously in the English literature. We describe the second case of primary adrenal gland Hodgkin lymphoma and review pertinent literature.

objective: in the present study, we examined the effects of memantine administration within the nucleus accumbens on the alterations in brain and adrenal volumes and weight ratios induced by stress from electric foot shock. methods: a group of mice received various doses of memantine (0.1, 0.5 and 1 mg/kg) prior to induction of stress. another group underwent intra-accumbal cannulation after an...

We assessed the usefulness and reliability of computed tomography (CT scan) in evaluating adrenal hyperplasia in 38 patients, including 14 with Cushing's disease, 17 with idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA), and 7 with the adrenogenital syndrome (AGS). Eighty-two normal subjects were also examined. We analyzed the shape of the adrenal gland and quantitated its thickness, width and length. Visua...

It is well known that hippocampal LTP is modulated by corticosteroids released from the adrenal glands, and the activity of adrenal glands, in turn, is influenced by hippocampal activity through the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical (HPA) axis. In the present research, we studied the relationship between hippocampal plasticity and the weight of adrenal glands, an indicator for the accumulat...