Main description:

This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to the management of adrenal neoplasms that provides a resource to the broad group of providers that will encounter such a patient. Sections address issues that are faced by providers who encounter a patient with an adrenal neoplasm. These areas include an overview of the genetic basis and familial cancer syndrome-associated with adrenal neoplasms, pathobiology, advanced and tumor specific imaging approaches and technologies, biochemical analysis, standard medical and surgical therapies, and emerging technology and treatment approaches to benign and malignant adrenal neoplasms. Written by experts in the field, each of these sections address level of clinical evidence and provide recommendations and treatment algorithms. Extensive illustrations make this an interactive text.

Management of Adrenal Masses in Children and Adults will serve as a very useful resource for all providers dealing with, and interested in this common but challenging tumor. It will provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Epidemiology of Adrenal Neoplasms

Pavel J. Nockel and Electron Kebebew

Chapter 2

The Pathology of Adrenal Masses

Ranran Zhang and Ricardo V. Lloyd

Chapter 3

Genetics of Benign Adrenocortical Tumors

Fady Hannah-Shmouni and Constantine A. Stratakis

Chapter 4

Genetics of Adrenocortical Cancers

Guillaume Assie and Jerome Bertherat

Chapter 5

Genetics of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Bruna Babic and Naris Nilubol

Chapter 6

Imaging Modalities for Adrenocortical Tumors

Iuliana D. Bobanga and Christopher R. McHenry

Chapter 7

Imaging Modalities for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

David Taieb, Aoife Kilcoyne, Ingo Janssen, Katherine I. Wolf, Michael Austin Blake, and Karel Pacak

Chapter 8

Primary Hyperaldosteronism

Said C. Azoury and Aarti Mathur

Chapter 9

Cushing Syndrome: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Including Subclinical Cushing Syndrome

Vladimir Neychev

Chapter 10

Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Garima Gupta, Vitaly Kantorovich, and Karel Pacak

Chapter 11

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Ashwini Mallappa and Deborah P. Merke

Chapter 12

Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Sara G. Creemers, Leo J. Hofland, and Richard A. Feelders

Chapter 13

Operative Techniques for Adrenal Neoplasms

Dhaval Patel

Chapter 14

Therapies for Locally Advanced and Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Sarika N. Rao and Mouhammed Amir Habra

Chapter 15

Management of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Alejandro Roman-Gonzalez, Paola Jimenez Vasquez, Samuel Mayer Hyde, Aaron C. Jessop, and Camilo Jimenez