Haemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal gland in perinatal infants: A clinico-pathological study

1972 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Desa ◽  
Sheila Nicholis
1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Ekl�f ◽  
G. Grotte ◽  
H. Jorulf ◽  
G. L�hr ◽  
H. Ringertz

2013 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
M.T. Capucchi ◽  
E. Biasibetti ◽  
F. Deideri ◽  
P.R.D. Rocha ◽  
J. Giorcelli ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e238670
Author(s):  
Rúben Carvalho ◽  
Fernando Henriques ◽  
Sónia Teixeira ◽  
Paulo Coimbra

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (WFS), defined as severe adrenal insufficiency due to bilateral adrenal gland haemorrhagic necrosis, occurred in a 59-year-old woman. An underlying serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis (NM) infection was diagnosed, with a rapid progression to purpura fulminans, disseminated intravascular coagulation and WFS. Intensive treatment including fluid resuscitation, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, ventilatory support, platelet and factor replacement were administered. The meningococcaemia in the presence of WFS had a fulminant progression, leading to a fatal outcome within 24 hours of symptom onset. This case details the diagnosis and management challenges of the WFS, a rare complication of NM septicaemia, and describes the identification of a NM serogroup that is rare in Portugal in middle-aged patients.


1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. C. Roos ◽  
J. H. C. Voormolen ◽  
G. J. Vielvoye ◽  
A. R. Wintzen ◽  
G. T. A. Bots

Author(s):  
T. M. Murad ◽  
Karen Israel ◽  
Jack C. Geer

Adrenal steroids are normally synthesized from acetyl coenzyme A via cholesterol. Cholesterol is also shown to enter the adrenal gland and to be localized in the lipid droplets of the adrenal cortical cells. Both pregnenolone and progesterone act as intermediates in the conversion of cholesterol into steroid hormones. During pregnancy an increased level of plasma cholesterol is known to be associated with an increase of the adrenal corticoid and progesterone. The present study is designed to demonstrate whether the adrenal cortical cells show any dynamic changes during pregnancy.


Author(s):  
W.T. Gunning ◽  
G.D. Haselhuhn ◽  
E.R. Phillips ◽  
S.H. Selman

Within the last few years, adrenal cortical tumors with features concordant with the diagnostic criteria attributed to oncocytomas have been reported. To date, only nine reported cases exist in the literature. This report is the tenth case presentation of a presumptively benign neoplasm of the adrenal gland with a rare differentiation. Oncocytomas are well recognized benign tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary glands and of the kidney. Other organs also give rise to these types of tumors, however with less frequency than the former sites. The characteristics generally used to classify a tumor as an oncocytoma include the following criteria: the tumor is 1) usually a solitary circumscribed mass with no gross nor microscopic evidence of metastasis (no tissue nor vascular invasion), 2) fairly bland in terms of mitotic activity and nuclear morphology, and 3) composed of large eosinophillic cells in which the cytoplasm is packed full of mitochondria (Figure 1).


1951 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Yazigi ◽  
Rodolfo Armas-Cruz ◽  
Sergio Silva ◽  
Miguel Ossandon

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