Perinatal haemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal gland A clinical and radiological evaluation of 24 consecutive cases

1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Ekl�f ◽  
G. Grotte ◽  
H. Jorulf ◽  
G. L�hr ◽  
H. Ringertz
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Radiological Evaluation ◽  
Haemorrhagic Necrosis

A hormonal and radiological evaluation of adrenal gland in patients with acute or chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahrettin Keleştimur ◽  
Yalçin Ünlü ◽  
Mustafa Özesmi ◽  
ismet Tolu
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Radiological Evaluation

Fatal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in an adult due to serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e238670
Author(s):  
Rúben Carvalho ◽  
Fernando Henriques ◽  
Sónia Teixeira ◽  
Paulo Coimbra
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Neisseria Meningitidis ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Ventilatory Support ◽  
Purpura Fulminans ◽  
Rapid Progression ◽  
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic ◽  
Aged Patients ◽  
Haemorrhagic Necrosis

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.

Ultrastructural Cytopiasmic Changes of Adrenal Cortex During Pregnancy

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
T. M. Murad ◽  
Karen Israel ◽  
Jack C. Geer
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Steroid Hormones ◽  
Adrenal Cortex ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Plasma Cholesterol ◽  
Adrenal Steroids ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Cortical Cells ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme A ◽  
Adrenal Cortical Cells

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.

An adrenocortical oncocytoma with unusual mitochondrial inclusions and cytoplasmic crystals

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 250-251
Author(s):  
W.T. Gunning ◽  
G.D. Haselhuhn ◽  
E.R. Phillips ◽  
S.H. Selman
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Salivary Glands ◽  
Mitotic Activity ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Vascular Invasion ◽  
Benign Neoplasm ◽  
Benign Tumors ◽  
Nuclear Morphology ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Microscopic Evidence

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).

Contribution of Adrenaline to the Fibrinolytic Activity Evoked by E. Coli Endotoxin in the Rat

1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (02) ◽  
pp. 557-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
J F Fracasso ◽  
A M Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Intravenous Injection ◽  
Fibrinolytic Activity ◽  
Blocking Agent ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Adrenergic Blocking

SummaryIntravenous injection of E. coli endotoxin (ETX), of adrenaline (AD) or of carbamylcholine (CBCH), caused fibrinolytic activity (FA), directly detectable on plasminogen-rich fibrin plates, to appear in the plasma of the rat. Adrenodemedul- lation abolished responses to ETX or CBCH, but enhanced those to AD. Rats given ETX exhibited marked hypotension, followed by a compensatory phase of normotension abolished by adrenodemedullation and significantly attenuated by phenoxy- benzamine, an a-adrenergic blocking agent which however failed to block FA caused by either ETX or AD. Aspirin, but not indomethacin, inhibited FA evoked by ETX, AD or CBCH. These results suggest that FA evoked by ETX in the rat is caused by AD released from the adrenal gland and does involve the fatty acid cyclooxygenase system.

Radiological evaluation of primary bile duct cancer

1983 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 789
Author(s):  
S W Cho ◽  
K W Kim ◽  
J T Lee ◽  
C Y Park
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Bile Duct Cancer ◽  
Radiological Evaluation ◽  
Duct Cancer
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