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      <title>PPV Adrenal Diseases by Elias Triantaphillou</title>
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         <title>Location</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>in regard to kidneys, slightly different location.<br>right = Ontop of kidney lobe<br>left = Hanging onto medial side of kidney</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 10:58:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Blood supply</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Both adrenals have their own blood supply&nbsp;</li><li>Right suprarenal vein drains directly into vena cava, left suprarenal vein drains into left renal vein&nbsp;</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>Histology (layers) of the gland</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Outer fatty capsule</strong><br><strong>Cortex</strong><br><strong>Zona glomerulosa</strong> → mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)<br><strong>Zona fasciculata</strong> → glucocorticoids (cortisol) <br><strong>Zona reticularis</strong> → androgens&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Medulla</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Chromaffin cells</strong> → <strong>catecholamines</strong>: epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine (noradrenaline) (and dopamine to a very small extent) → sympathetic nervous system response&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 10:59:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Steroids produced are grouped into 3 major classes based on their effects:</title>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:05:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Glucorticoids</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Cortisol has negative feedback on the hypothalamus, affected by circadian rhythm (increases with severe stress)</li><li>Corticotrophin releasing hormone in response to stress or circadian rhythm, also stimulates ACTH</li><li>Corticosteroid receptors type 2&nbsp;</li><li>Glucocorticoid action is modified locally by the action of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11βHSD)</li><li>Glucorticoids have a diabetes like circulation due to increasing circulating glucose</li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:06:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Mineralocorticoids</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Corticosteroid receptors type 1&nbsp;</li><li>Effects on extracellular balance of sodium and potassium in the distal tubule of the kidney (<strong>aldosterone</strong>) --&gt; done by juxtaglomerular apparatus<ul><li>Used for retention of sodium and excretion of potassium --&gt; This means water reabsorption --&gt; increase in blood pressure --&gt; Counterbalances low perfusion which is sensed at beginning of RAAS cycle</li></ul></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:07:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Androgens</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Sex hormones are secreted but need to be further metabolized to reach their final form of testosterone or dihydrotestosterone&nbsp;</li><li>Fat composition of body can have consequences in the synthesis of these hormones</li><li>If you have a deficiency of progesterone, mineralocorticoids are not produced. A deficiency of one thing means an excess of another.</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:07:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Secretion of cortisol: hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis </title>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:09:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Secretion of mineralocorticoids: RAAS system </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Basal levels&nbsp;<ul><li>ACTH &amp; cortisol&nbsp;</li><li>Suppression &amp; stimulation tests are used in suspected excess and deficient cortisol production, respectively:</li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br><strong>Dexamethasone suppression tests<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Administration of synthetic glucocorticoid (dexamethasone)&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br><strong>ACTH stimulation tests (Synthacthen test)</strong></div><ul><li>Synthetic ACTH (tetrosactide, which consists of the first 24 amino acid of human ACTH) is given to stimulate cortisol production&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br>Testing at 9 am for cortisol levels (circadian rhythm has effect on cortisol levels as here it is the highest)<br>If suspect an excess of cortisol, dexamethasone suppression test should be done&nbsp;<br><br>administer synthetic glucocuortoiud in abnormal physiological circumstances there is a feedback suppression of CRH and ACTH<br><br>If there is not enough production of cortisol administer synthetic ACTH (stimulation test)<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:14:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:15:37 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Primary hypoadrenalism (Addison’s disease) = primary adrenal insufficiency</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Disease characterised by adrenal glands not functioning the correct way because no cortisol made, lack of neg. feedback<br>\A ot more CRH and ACTH, because body responds to lack of cortisol<br><br>Addison disease itself is autoimmune (self-destrcution of entire adrenal cortex (90%)) = most common cause in developed countries; in other countries other chief aetiologies<br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:16:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Aetiology</title>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:16:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Pathophysiology</title>
         <author>30felias</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><br><ul><li><strong>Destruction </strong>of the entire adrenal cortex → reduction of glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid and sex steroid production are all reduced&nbsp;<ul><li>→ this differs from hypothalamic-pituitary disease:&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong>Reduced cortisol </strong>levels → feedback loop → <strong>increased CRH &amp; ACTH </strong>production&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:17:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Clinical features</title>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:17:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Signs and symptoms</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Symptoms tend to be non-specific<br><br>Addisonian crisis = Combination of low blood sugar level, high potassium, and low blood pressure (life-threatening situation) </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:18:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Investigations</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Short ACTH stimulation test (if impaired cortisol response, hypoadrenalism confirmed) --&gt; 80 nanograms&nbsp;</li></ul><div>ATH is then measured to take out hypothalamic causes&nbsp;</div><div><br><br>All axes connected to hypothalamus , primary disease refers to gland itself, secondary pituitary, tertiary hypothalamus<br><br>Other:</div><ul><li>A 9:00 hours plasma ACTH level&nbsp;</li><li>Electrolytes &amp; urea&nbsp;</li><li>Blood glucose&nbsp;</li><li>Adrenal antibodies&nbsp;</li><li>Chest &amp; abdominal X-rays&nbsp;</li><li>Plasma renin activity&nbsp;</li><li>Hypercalcaemia &amp; anaemia&nbsp;</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:19:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:20:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Treatment</title>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:20:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Acute treatment</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>During Addisonian crisis<br><br>1. Instant IV<br>2. Glucose<br>3. start with saline to balance salt conc.<br>4. <strong>Hydrocortisone </strong>is important to suppress&nbsp;<br><br>Get blood pressure up!</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:21:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Long term-treatment</title>
         <author>30felias</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Replacement gluco- and mineralocorticoids instead of hydrocortisone<br><br>Assessed if there are comorbidities such as tuberculsosis,,, amount of dose depends on physiology of patients (based on their well-being)<br><br>Then after assess if levels are back to normal</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:23:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Patient advice</title>
         <author>30felias</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Know how to increase steroid replacement dose for intercurrent illness</li><li>Carry a ‘Steroid Card’</li><li>Wear a Medic-Alert bracelet&nbsp;</li><li>Keep an ampoule of hydrocortisone at home&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Is important to tell peers if you have a condition that needs to be treated soon; always useful to have this information. Some people want to keep certain things private but it always better to say!</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:24:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Nelson syndrome</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Nelson syndrome is due to adrenectomy&nbsp;<br><br>Addison is due to when 90% of adrenal cortex is destroyed for other reasons</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:25:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Secondary hypoadrenalism (Secondary adrenal insufficiency)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Etiology</strong></div><ul><li>Problem in ACTH --&gt; adrenal gland gets too little stimulation --&gt; hypoadrenalism + deficiency of cortisol --&gt; can lead to all other sorts of complications&nbsp;</li><li>Rathke's pouch</li><li>Long-term steroid therapy leading HPA suppression (most common)</li></ul><div><strong>Clinical features</strong></div><ul><li>.</li></ul><div><strong>Treatment</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:25:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Etiology</strong></div><ul><li>Autosomal recessive disorder</li></ul><div><strong>Pathophysiology</strong></div><ul><li>CYP21 is not produced, (most cmoon cause of adrenal issues in children) --&gt; If there is a complete block, a sign of that is abnormal genitalia at birth</li></ul><div><br>There is reduced cortisol secretion, hence feedback increases ACTH and other things in the attempt to increase cortisol again<br>--&gt; This may lead to adrenal hyperplasia</div><ul><li>Virilization&nbsp;</li><li>Salt wasting</li></ul><div><strong>Clinical features</strong></div><ul><li>If severe: present at birth with sexual ambiguity or adrenal failure (collapse, hypotension, hypoglycaemia), sometimes with a salt-losing state (hypotension, hyponatraemia)&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>Investigations</strong></div><ul><li>Expert advice&nbsp;</li><li>For ambiguous genitalia → seek advice urgently before any assignment of gender is made&nbsp;</li><li>Profile of adrenocortical hormones is measured before and 1 hour after ACTH administration&nbsp;<ul><li>17-hydroxyprogesterone levels</li><li>Urinary pregnanetriol&nbsp;</li><li>Androstenedione levels&nbsp;</li><li>Basal ACTH levels&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><div><strong>Treatment</strong></div><ul><li>Replace glucocorticoid &amp; mineralocorticoid activity&nbsp;</li><li>Genetic counselling &amp; antenatal diagnosis are essential&nbsp;</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:27:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Therapy is less than 3 weeks, no significant risk of affecting the adrenal axis</li><li>Long-term it can suppress the adrenal axis giving mimicking endogenous Cushing's syndrome </li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>2 main concerns</strong></div><ul><li>Is it functional or non-functional (if functional might need surgical removal)</li><li>Is it benign or malignant</li></ul><div><br></div><div><br><br></div><ul><li>Classified as hyperadrenalism if the lesion is functional</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <author>30felias</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>.</li><li>.</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Depression, almost change personality, lemon/potato on a stick (central obesity and atrophic legs)</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Too much cortisol, hence dexamethasone suppression test (increased level of cortisol = cushings)</li><li>24h urinary-free cortisol tests</li><li>The difference between low and high doses is that in the high dose, it is more important to assess the difference with pituitary-dependent disease&nbsp;</li><li>The low dose is used&nbsp;in the initial diagnosis of Cushing syndrome, and the high dose for differential. If pit. dependent, suppression of treatment in 90% of the cases.</li><li><br></li><li><br></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><br></div><div><br>Important for exam!</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>CT or MRI to test for carcinoma</li><li>If hypokalemia can be linked to ACTH secretion</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>Surgery (adrenalectomy)</li><li>Removal of pituitary tumour</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>= <strong>increased mineralocorticoid secretion</strong> from the adrenal cortex → account for 5-10% of all HTN&nbsp;<ul><li>Other causes of HTN should also be considered if there is suspicion&nbsp;</li><li>DDX: (table below)</li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>When to suspect this:<br><br>Aetiology</div><ul><li>.</li><li>Difference with secondary hyperaldosteronism&nbsp;<ul><li>Arises when there is excess renin (and thus angiotensin II) stimulation of the zona glomerulosa&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Pathophysiology&nbsp;<ul><li>Excess aldosterone production → sodium retention &amp; potassium loss → HTN &amp; hypokalaemia&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Clinical features&nbsp;<ul><li>Hypertension&nbsp;</li><li>Hypokalaemia not always present (50%)&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Investigations&nbsp;<ul><li>Plasma aldosterone:renin ratio (ARR)&nbsp;</li><li>Elevated plasma aldosterone levels that are not suppressed with 0.9% saline infusion or fludrocortisone administration&nbsp;</li><li>Suppressed plasma renin activity&nbsp;</li><li>Hypokalaemia &amp; urinary potassium loss</li><li>Once diagnosis of hyperaldosteronism is established → differentiation of adenoma from hyperplasia with CT or MRI&nbsp;</li><li>Bilateral adrenal vein sampling (lecture)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Adenoma → <strong>surgical removal</strong> (usually laparoscopically) → BP falls in 70% of patients&nbsp;</li><li>Hyperplasia → treat with <strong>aldosterone antagonist</strong>&nbsp;</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Rare condition caused by gene fusion → produces aldosterone which is under ACTH control&nbsp;</li><li>Treatment with glucocorticoid solves the problem&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 11:46:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>This causes clinical picture of primary hyperaldosteronism but with <strong>low renin &amp; low aldosterone&nbsp;</strong></li><li>Reduced activity of the enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2)&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>= <strong>rare tumours of SNS at adrenal gland </strong>that secrete catecholamines, noradrenaline, adrenaline and their metabolites&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>Phaeochromocytoma (adrenals) </strong>(90%)<strong> vs. paraganglioma</strong> (10%)&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br>Non-specific symptoms; extreme heartbeat, sweating, headache, hypertension</div>]]></description>
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         <author>30felias</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Blood smaples, and measuring adrenaline and norepinephrine.</li><li>Imaging; tumours most often benign but can also spread as malignant</li><li>Biopsy can generate huge release of norepinephrine --&gt; no biopsy! </li></ul><div><br><br><br></div><ul><li>Measure urinary catecholamines and metabolites&nbsp;</li><li>Resting plasma catecholamines&nbsp;</li><li>Plasma chromogranin A (= storage vesicle protein)&nbsp;</li><li>Clonidine suppression test&nbsp;</li><li>CT scans (abdomen)&nbsp;</li><li>MRI&nbsp;</li><li>Scanning with [131I]meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)&nbsp;</li></ul><div>Nuclear imaging: 68Ga-DOTATATE or 18F-FDG PET&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Surgical removal if possible&nbsp;<br>Combined alpha- and beta-blockade&nbsp;</div><div><strong>over 10% recur</strong> or develop a further tumour</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>If  cortisol not measured on time (as soon as waking up), you will not catch the high peak of cortisol.</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-022-00655-w.pdf">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-022-00655-w.pdf</a></div>]]></description>
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