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Sachiko Bandai

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PubMed2006

Overt diabetes mellitus in a patient with combined primary aldosteronism and Cushing's syndrome.

Although there are some case reports of combined aldosterone and cortisol producing adrenal tumor, overt diabetes mellitus has been rarely described. A 55-year-old hypertensive woman had hypokalemia and overt hyperglycemia without Cushingoid clinical features. The body mass index was 18.2 kg/m2, fasting blood glucose was 302 mg/dl and hemoglobin A1c was 11.6%. Endogenous insulin secretion was well preserved, whereas insulin sensitivity measured by short insulin tolerance test was markedly impaired. A solitary left aldosterone- and cortisol-producing adrenal tumor was diagnosed. We described a rare case of overt diabetes mellitus in a patient with combined primary aldosteronism and Cushing's syndrome.

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms↗
PubMed2006

[Painless thyroiditis].

Painless thyroiditis is characterized by painless low-uptake thyrotoxicosis (thyrotoxicosis without hyperthyroidism). Destructive damage of the thyroid has been thought to be the mechanism for self-limited thyrotoxicosis. However, hydrolysis of thyroglobulin must be responsible for the release of excessive thyroid hormone. Low-uptake of iodine and excessive release of thyroid hormone suggest the uncoupling of hormone synthesis and hormone secretion in the thyroid gland. Suppressed serum TSH level, various cytokines or growth factors including TGFbeta1, and thyroglobulin itself may be responsible for the suppressed hormone synthesis. The mechanism for persistent hormone release despite suppressed hormone synthesis should be clarified. Quantitative TSH binding inhibitor immunoglobulin assay is helpful for the differential diagnosis of painless thyroiditis and Graves' hyperthyroidism.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
PubMed2002

Secondary extramedullary plasmacytoma involving the pancreas.

Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare variant of plasma cell tumor involving organs outside the bone marrow. The vast majority of extramedullary plasmacytomas present as a secondary tumor of systemic myelomatosis of the bone marrow. We experienced a patient with extramedullary plasmacytomas of the head and tail of the pancreas presenting as secondary masses from extramedullary plasmacytoma of the maxillary sinus that had been treated 5 years previously. A 38-year-old Japanese man had undergone radiation therapy for an extramedullary plasmacytoma of the maxillary sinus 5 years before the current presentation. He experienced severe upper abdominal pain in November 1999, when laboratory data showed elevation of the serum amylase level. Computed tomography showed two isodensity masses, in the head and tail of the pancreas. Angiography showed two hypervascular masses, one in the head and the other in the tail of the pancreas, and encasement of the portal vein trunk junction. Laparotomy was performed, with the tentative diagnosis of extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas, in order to obtain a definite diagnosis. Intraoperative biopsy revealed that the two pancreatic masses were extramedullary plasmacytomas. External radiation therapy was performed after the operation. When a pancreatic mass is noticed in patients with a history of plasmacytoma, secondary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas should be considered as a differential diagnosis.

Adult↗