PubMed · 6761977
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Z Zdrojewicz. 1982-11-15. [The adrenal cortex and primary hyperthyroidism].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6761977/
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As shown by morphofunctional examinations of hypophyseal-adrenal system in 137 BA patients and post mortem examinations of adrenal cortex in 72 BA cases, most pronounced defects in glucocorticosteroid (GCS) biosynthesis and metabolism were recorded in patients on long-term GCS regiments (5-10 years and more). They displayed low levels of 11-OCS and 17-OCS, enhanced transcortin binding capacity, diminished adrenocortical reserves. Beclometasone propionate, endobronchial liposomes with hydrocortisone had no negative adrenal effects.
The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between seasonal variation in levels of insulin, cortisol, and corticosterone and body mass in a natural population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus saturatus) over the active season, from April to August. The body mass of females is at an active season minimum on emergence from hibernation, increases during pregnancy and lactation, and shows a further rise during fattening, reaching a peak in August. Males are heavier than females on emergence from hibernation, lose mass during the mating period, then gradually increase to a maximum in August. Plasma insulin titers generally reflected these patterns of change in body mass. Levels in males were almost double those of females on emergence, then decreased as body mass was lost during mating. Male values increased in July and peaked in August, coincident with the body mass maximum. Females, in contrast, showed very low insulin levels in April on emergence and increased levels during lactation, continuing high into the fattening period. Corticosterone levels were low in both sexes at the beginning of the season and rose throughout most of the active season; female levels exceeded those of males during the lactation phase. Cortisol titers gradually decreased over the first half of the active season in both sexes, but later increased to a seasonal maximum at the end of the season, coincident with the peak in body mass.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The paper provides the follow-up findings of patients with cardiac myxomas according to the presence or absence of the myxomal syndrome. It is shown that it is a multiorgan abnormality wherein the cardiac myxomas that are prone to primarily multiple growth, extraseptal and/or multifocal fixation are associated with the changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone systems, skin spotty pigmentation, neoplasms in the viscera, skin, and fat. These specific features emphase the predictive value of the myxomal syndrome, which predetermines that its early diagnosis should be made in routine clinical practice.