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F Boltri

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PubMed1976

[Clinical contribution to the study of pheochromocytomas].

6 cases of suprarenal phaeochromocytoma were operated on at the Department of Special Surgical Pathology and Clinical Propaedeutics of the University of Turin between 1954 and 1975. The age of the patients was between 32 and 53, 5 cases being male and 1 female. Personal data are compared with larger series and mention is made of the importance of certain pharmacological tests and new radiological techniques for the diagnosis of tumour nature and localization. An atypical case in which exact clinical classification was only possible histologically a posteriori is discussed. Immediate and long-term results were good. Although not all patients presented normalised pressure values, the disappearance of hypertensive crises and normalization of glycaemia and urinary catecholamines were constant observations.

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms↗
PubMed1976

[Clinical contribution to the study of congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas].

Three cases of congenital a-v fistulas of the lung encountered in some 10,000 patients examined are reported. Emphasis is laid on the possibility that the disease may be misinterpreted for a long time and treated wrongly. It is considered that the most significant examination for diagnostic purposes is angiocardiopneumography because even in the rare cases in which it does not reveal the fistula, it shows up its existence by the early visualization of the left heart.

Adolescent↗
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To what extent does the artificial pancreas facilitate the surgery of preoperatively not localized insulinomas?

The patient study has been performed in order to evaluate the usefulness of the artificial pancreas in the surgical management of previously not localized insulinomas. In the 4 patients studied, blood glucose was maintained both overnight and during surgery up to a preselected individualized level in order to avoid hypoglycemia. During surgery, only one patient required dextrose infusion. The continuous intrasurgical monitoring of blood glucose in the 4 cases examined showed that: (1) anesthesia induction, surgical incision and viscera mobilization were accompanied by a rise in blood glucose (10.30 mg/dl), reaching the highest levels 30-40 min after the start of the operation; (2) adenoma manipulation was followed by a drop in blood glucose (10.40 mg/dl), reaching the lowest level after 30-40 min; (3) adenoma resection was followed by a rise in blood glucose (25-40 mg/dl), particularly evident after 30-40 min. It is concluded that the artificial pancreas is certainly useful during surgery of insulin-producing tumors, allowing continuous monitoring of glycemia and avoiding dangerous blood glucose excursions: however, when the insulinoma is not identified during surgery, the periods elapsing between the surgical phases and the blood glucose changes observed can be too prolonged to ensure successful conservative serial pancreatectomy in all cases.

Adenoma↗