OBJECTIVES To present our results with transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy after completion of 70 procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between July 2002 and December 2010, transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed in 70 patients with the following diagnoses: Conn syndrome (22 cases), nonfunctioning adenomas (18), Cushing syndrome (10), pheochromocytomas (7), myelolipomas (4)...

The number of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptors and the efficiency of VIP in the stimulation of cyclic AMP accumulation in rat jejunal epithelial cells increased after bilateral adrenalectomy. However, this condition increased neither receptor affinity nor VIP potency. In addition, jejunal VIP levels followed a parallel increase. These changes reversed to control conditions after gl...

Chapter 2. Effect of water maze training and swimming on neurogenesis and synaptogenesis in the hippocampus Page 29 Chapter 3. Adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement differentially alter CA3 dendritic morphology and new cell survival in the adult rat hippocampus Page 51 Chapter 4. Adrenalectomy, regardless of corticosterone replacement, affects memory and hippocampal morphology Page 75 Ch...

Therapeutic options available for the treatment of Cushing's syndrome (CS) have expanded over the last 5 years. For instance, the efficient management of severe hypercortisolism using a combination of fast-acting steroidogenesis inhibitors has been reported. Recent publications on the long-term efficacy of drugs or radiation techniques have also demonstrated low toxicity. These data should enco...

A 66-year-old Lithuanian female patient with a history of hypertension was diagnosed with bilateral adrenal tumors during a routine sonoscopy. Scintigraphy with metaiodobenzylguanidine and computed tomography scan revealed right 130/116/93 mm and left 85/61/53 mm pheochromocytomas. The patient suffered from hypertension with blood pressure over 240/100 mm Hg and heartbeat disturbances. Blood ad...