Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignant tumor. Herein, we report the case of a 52-year-old male patient who had postprandial abdominal distension and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The abdominal computed tomography (CT) angiogram showed an IVC mass extending from the infrahepatic to the suprarenal inferior vena cava. The radiologic findings were suggesti...

The subject was a white male who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at sixty-six years of age. The right internal spermatic artery, instead of having its origin from the aorta at the normal level, arose above that of the renal artery. It passed caudally between the right renal artery and the renal vein; from this point on, it had a normal descent to the testis. An anomalous vascular connection in th...

Pheochromocytoma, a neuroendocrine tumor of the adrenal medulla, arising from chromaffin cells, usually presents with the clinical triad of paroxysmal headache, profuse sweating and palpitations, associated with labile hypertension. Here, we present the case of an adult male with an unusual manifestation of pheochromocytoma in the form of acute pain abdomen with nausea and abdominal guarding, m...

OBJECTIVE To present a case of giant adrenal carcinoma associated with renal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus. Up to now, there is no similar case reported in the national literature. METHODS 75 year old woman with signs of virilization. CT-scan showed an 18 cm adrenal mass with venous thrombus and possible pulmonary metastases. The working diagnosis was primary suprarenal carcinoma...

In earlier studies (1-3) we have observed that subcutaneous injections of suprarenal cortical extract affected the renal excretion of sodium, chloride and potassium in normal subjects and in normal dogs as well as in suprarenalectomized dogs and patients suffering from Addison's disease. With the isolation of steroid compounds from the suprarenal cortex (Kendall, and his coworkers, Reichstein, ...

INTRODUCTION Endovascular repair of suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) requires customized fenestrated stent grafts when they involve visceral vessels such as the renal (clinically ignored here in this specific scenario), celiac, and superior mesenteric arteries. REPORT On table fenestrated endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (F-EVAR), using a parallel endograft approach, ...

The external symptoms of suprarenal insufficiency in cats with diabetes insipidus are the same as in those animals with only the suprarenals removed, except that the symptoms develop more rapidly in the former. The serum electrolyte changes, however, are different; there is no consistent or marked decrease in the concentration of sodium or chloride following suprarenalectomy in cats with diabet...

Variations in the origin of arteries in the abdomen are very common but with the invention of new operative techniques within the abdominal cavity, the anatomy of abdominal vessels has assumed much more clinical importance. During routine dissection of the abdominal cavity, we came across multiple arterial anomalies involving testicular and suprarenal arteries. On the right side, there was doub...

The late removal of an abdominal aortic endograft is technically challenging and can be associated with significant blood loss, especially when a graft with active suprarenal fixation is involved. The main issue in safe explantation of the endograft is control of the aorta above the proximal fixation site. We report an adjunctive technique for the safe and fast proximal control of the suprarena...