Article
Diagnosis and management of primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Oct 2019
Vassiliadi Dimitra A, Tsagarakis Stylianos
Abstract excerpt
Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) is a highly heterogeneous entity. The incidental identification of an increasing number of cases has shifted its clinical expression from the rarely encountered severe forms, regarding both cortisol excess and adrenal enlargement, to mild forms of asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic cases with less impressive imaging phenotypes. Activation of cAMP/PKA...
Topics
- Adrenal Glands
- Adrenalectomy
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
- Armadillo Domain Proteins
- Cushing Syndrome
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Hyperplasia
- Phenotype
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
