Adrenal Glands
Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy

Written by the experts in diseases of the adrenal glands, this book presents scientific data and practical guidelines for surgeons, residents, endocrinologists and practising physicians. It covers various aspects of adrenal gland disease. Its 187 illustrations include radiographs, CT/MRI images, graphs, and microscopic pathological slides.

- Over 200 exquisite illustrations, ranging from intraoperative photographs, line drawings, diagnostic images, pathology slides, tables and graphs are available to make each case discussed comprehensible and easy to follow. - Traditional and novel therapeutic recommendations are introduced and the latest developments in minimal-access operative techniques are discussed and reviewed. - Focuses on a teamwork oriented approach that identifies the necessary communications amongst the many medical disciplines when dealing with adrenal disorders.

History of Adrenal Surgery.- Surgical Anatomy.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis.- The Sympathoadrenal System: Integrative Regulation of the Cortical and the Medullary Adrenal Functions.- The Value of Adrenal Imaging in Adrenal Surgery.- Cushing's Syndrome.- Subclinical Cushing's Syndrome.- Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome.- Cushing's Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.- Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.- Overview of Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes.- Primary Aldosteronism.- Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Virilizing and Feminizing Adrenal Tumors.- Pheochromocytoma.- Extra-adrenal and Malignant Pheochromocytoma.- Pheocromocytoma in MEN-2A, MEN-2B and von Hippel-Lindau Disease.- Benign Paragangliomas.- Neuroblastoma.- Miscellaneous Adrenal Neoplasms.- Adrenal Incidentalomas.- Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass.- Genetic Syndromes Associated with Adrenal Tumors.- Adrenal Tumors and Pregnancy.- Adrenal Sparing Surgery.- Anesthesia for Adrenal Surgery.- Open Left Anterior Adrenalectomy.- Open Right Anterior Adrenalectomy.- Open Posterior Adrenalectomy.- Right Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Left Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Laparoscopic Lateral Transabdominal Adrenalectomy.- Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Laparoscopic Partial Adrenalectomy.- Virtual Reality and Robotic Technologies in Adrenal Surgery.- Index.