We received an urgent consult request this week to see a young woman with an adrenal mass. She had rapid onset of weight gain, increased hunger, purple striae, increased abdominal girth and mood ...

Instead, the vast majority of these lipid-poor adenomas can be characterized employing a CT washout study. This imaging methodology quantitates loss of contrast enhancement by a lesion and thus ...

Histoplasma capsulatum is endemic to southwestern Ontario and may cause disseminated infection, even in an immunocompetent host. When assessing a patient with primary adrenal insufficiency, providers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — In patients at high-risk for adrenal malignancy, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT imaging should be ...

Adrenal insufficiency is a condition that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of certain hormones, including cortisol. Disruption of these hormones can cause a range of symptoms, ...

The adrenal glands produce hormones that support several bodily functions. Inflammation of the adrenal glands may be a symptom of underlying conditions, which may include infections and cancer.

A 61-year-old white woman experienced progressive right flank pain over a 6-month period. Cross-sectional imaging (computed tomography [CT] of the abdomen and pelvis; MR venogram) demonstrated a 10.9 ...

A 72-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis Child score A was referred to the oncology department of a tertiary hospital in Cali, Colombia, for assessment of a growing mass in ...

Adrenal insufficiency occurs when your adrenal glands don’t produce enough hormones, specifically cortisol. There are three types of adrenal insufficiency. Each type has different causes, but they ...