Fig. 14.1 Brain areas crucial to mineralocorticoid-salt and renovascular hypertension History A century after Addison described patients with adrenal cortical destruction as having “asthenic” hearts, deoxycorticosterone, DOC, the first mineralocorticoid…
Fig. 5.1 Pathway of adrenal steroid biosynthesis. The enzymes responsible for each biosynthetic step are above or adjacent to arrows. Each box represents a respective zone of the adrenal cortex….
In order to determine the appropriate risk of metabolic syndrome, we should use Risk-Adjusted BMI, which takes the degree of central obesity into account. Waist measure or waist to hip…
Fig. 52.1 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. Diagram courtesy of Dr. Daniel Herron Optimizing Glycemic Control Prior to Surgery An appropriate preoperative screening includes prior history of failure to lose…
and Sergio Fazio2 (1) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA (2) William and Sonja Connor Chair…
Congenital Acquired Klinefelter syndrome Trauma Cryptorchidism Orchitis Immune polyglandular failure Spinal cord injury Congenital anorchia Medications: ketoconazole, cancer chemotherapy Noonan’s syndrome X-irradiation Lawrence–Moon–Bardet–Biedl syndrome Retroperitoneal fibrosis Myotonic dystrophy Amyloidosis Sickle…
Fig. 4.1 T1-weighted coronal and sagittal MR images show diffusive enlargement and enhancement of the pituitary gland. The gland pyramidal in shape extending to hypophyseal stalk from the sellar base….
Fig. 17.1 An unsuspected paraspinal mass in a patient with a history of toxic multinodular goiter and progressive low back pain. A paraspinal mass is shown at L3, with complete…
Ref Testosterone, ng/dL (nmol/L) SHBG (nmol/L) LH (mIU/mL) Estradiol, pg/mL (pmol/L) Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post 1 13.4 ± 1.8 +58 %* 4.9 ± 0.8 +8 % 2 340 ± 21 +100 %* …
Fig. 51.1 (a–c) Note the sensitivity to insulin in lean subjects with PCOS is similar to that of normal obese control. It is apparent that the extreme lowest insulin sensitivity…
