Adrenal Virilism (Group I). Bilateral Partial Adrenalectomy

Congenital Adrenal Cortical Insufficiency with Virilism

This paper presents the case of a boy developing symptoms of adrenal insufficiency soon after birth, followed by unmistakable evidences of the changes in the development associated with androgens. Other reports bring out the fact that the picture of increased androgenic activity with or without adrenocortical insufficiency is associated with hyperplasia and persistence of the fetal (androgenic)...

Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Tumors

Objective. To evaluate the indication and the clinical value of laparoscopic adrenalectomy of different types of adrenal tumor. Methods. From 2009 to 2014, a total of 110 patients were diagnosed with adrenal benign tumor by CT scan and we performed laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The laparoscopic approach has been the procedure of choice for surgery of benign adrenal tumors, and the upper limit of ...

[Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in adrenal carcinoma].

There is general agreement on the suitability of the laparoscopic approach for benign adrenal lesions against open procedures because of the efficacy and less morbidity. For suspected adrenal malignancies laparoscopic use is controversial. We report our experience in 6 cases of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in patients with the suspicion of adrenal malignancy confined in the gland. In medium a fol...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal myelolipoma.

OBJECTIVE [corrected] To evaluate the results of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal myelolipoma in a single center. METHODS Between November 1999 and February 2006, 226 laparoscopic adrenalectomies were performed at our institution. 19 specimens corresponded with adrenal myelolipomas (8%). Mean patient age was 53.8 years (range 35 to 75) with male-to-female ratio 2:1. Clinical data was pr...

Adrenal Cortical Hyperplasia with Virilism: Diagnosis, Course and Treatment.