Pineal gland has and antistressogenic role. Its main hormone, melatonin, has radio protective effect on endocrine and other dynamic tissues. In our previous study, we have shown that pinealectomy changes the behavior of suprarenal gland in totally irradiated rats. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exogenous melatonin on suprarenal gland of rats with or without pineal gland. Fou...

The sodium and chloride retaining effect of suprarenal cortical extracts and of crystalline compounds derived from the suprarenal cortex parallels their effectiveness in maintaining suprarenalectomized dogs. All of the active compounds thus far studied produce a potassium diuresis when injected into normal dogs. The injection of a synthetic compound, desoxy-corticosterone acetate, produced in n...

maffin cells of the medulla, on the other hand, are derived from primitive mural elements having an origin in common with other components of the sympathetic nervous system. The pathologic behavior of the tumors emphasizes this two-fold origin (Fig. 1). The more rapidly growing cortical tumors are accompanied by changes in the sex characteristics of the patient, while the medullary tumors show ...

PURPOSE Laparoscopy is the gold standard approach for management of some adrenal masses in adult cases. Still there have not been many findings in case of children. We present our experience with clipless laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pediatric cases for the first time. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2007 to January 2011, thirteen laparoscopic adrenalectomy were performed in patients 5-18...

2012 in Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC) and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India, in surgical outpatients, with a left flank lump, oligomenorrhoea, weight loss, increased facial hair and deepening of voice for the last two months. The abdomen was distended, soft, non-tender, with a firm ballotable 17x10 cm mass moving with respiration palpable in left flank. Computed tomography (CT) abdome...

Until a year ago the patient, a girl aged 5 years, was to all appearances norma], mentally and physically. During the dst twelve months she became fat, listless, unusually silent, Prone to sit about, disinclined to take an interest in her Surroundings or to play with other children. With the increasing fatness growth in stature was at an normally vigorous rate, hair developing on the limbs and ...

OBJECTIVE To describe a contemporary series of open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs in patients not anatomically suitable for endovascular AAA repair. METHODS A prospectively maintained database including consecutive nonruptured open aneurysm repairs from March 1, 2000, through July 31, 2007, was reviewed. Patient demographic characteristics and perioperative outcomes were evaluated a...

Vascularisation of an organ is an index of its metabolic activity. The suprarenal glands are of crucial importance in the development of pregnancy. No data were found by the authors to describe the volume of the human foetal suprarenal arteries throughout pregnancy. The study was designed to form a database of human foetal suprarenal arterial volume in relation to foetal age and sex. Digital im...

Sir, We describe a case of Addison's disease caused by bilateral suprarenal haemorrhage in a patient heterozygous for factor V Leiden defect. This is the first reported case of isolated bilateral supra-renal haemorrhage in a patient with this disorder. Because of the unique blood supply of the suprarenal glands, we believe that suprarenal haemorrhage was secondary to venous infarction caused by...