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...Minoru Miyazato; Shigeyuki Yamada; Yasuhiro Kaiho; Akihiro Ito; Shigeto Ishidoya; Yoichi Arai We report a first case of lumbar herniation of a kidney after laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome. A 59-year-old woman underwent separate laparoscopic adrenalectomies for right...

... macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH). This tumor is quite rare and its etiology still remains controversial. We herein report this incidentally found AIMAH and also review the pertinent literature. Pituitary-independent adrenal tumor Cushing’s syndrome ACTH-independent bilateral macronodular adrenal...

...Toshihiro Saito; Shigenori Kurumada; Yoshiaki Kawakami; Hideto Go; Takeshi Uchiyama; Kazuya Ueki We report the case of a spontaneously ruptured adrenal adenoma which caused Cushing’s syndrome. The 34-year-old female patient had severe leftside back pain and anemia. Computerized tomography disclosed...

...Yoshio Aso; Kenji Kinoshita In 24 cases of primary aldosteronism and 30 cases of Cushing’s syndrome, the incidence of preoperative hypertension and postoperative improvement of hypertension was investigated. All the cases of primary aldosteronism showed preoperative hypertension. Postoperative...

...Shutaro Mizutani; Takao Sonoda; Tokuichiro Seki; Keishi Matsumoto By elution chromatography using ion exchange resin, Amberlite IRC-50, the urinary 17-KS and 17-OHCS were fractionated in 16 adult patients with Cushing’s syndrome, and were compared to those in 17 normal subjects. It was shown in all...

...S. Shishito; H. Watanabe A simplified and standardized pre- and postoperative treatment technique for Cushing’s syndrome and pheochromocytoma was discussed from experiences on 21 and 18 cases, respectively, treated in our clinic since 1956. Results were summarized as follows: Cushing’s syndrome...

...Svein Andreas Haukaas; Ole Johan Halvorsen; Svein Jacob Tjoflaat Nygaard; Elisabeth Paus We report a case with an initial diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate in whom Cushing’s syndrome developed. The disease did not respond to estrogen treatment and the patient died of severe septicemia...