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Author: Arthur E. Schwartz
Published: September 2003
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
ISBN: 0824742974
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 711

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Endocrine Surgery

A comprehensive text covering molecular endocrinology, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreatic, and GI tract endocrine neoplasms, and multiple endocrine neoplasm--as well as endocrine surgery. Each organ system is discussed, with sections on pathology, imaging, individual syndromes, and surgical management. Numerous images illustrate the anatomy, equipment, and procedures discussed. The authors teach surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Science, Surgery, and the Endocrine Patient
Contributors
1 Molecular Endocrinology 1
2 Robotic Endocrine Surgery 11
3 Selective Venous Sampling for Pituitary Tumors 17
4 Pituitary Tumors 23
5 The Neuroendocrine Lung 37
6 Surgery for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 59
7 A Guide to the Physiology and Testing of Thyroid Function 75
8 Thyroid Pathology 85
9 Hyperthyroidism 101
10 Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules 115
11 Mediastinal Goiter 133
12 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma 141
13 Management of Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancer 157
14 Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma 193
15 Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery 201
16 Video-Assisted Thyroid Surgery 209
17 Physiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Pathophysiology of Primary Hyperparathyroidism 213
18 Sestamibi Scintigraphy and Ultrasonography in Primary Hyperparathyroidism 231
19 Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism 243
20 Reoperation for Primary Hyperthyroidism 265
21 Parathyroid Carcinoma 279
22 Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy 289
23 Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy in the Management of Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism 297
24 Adrenocortical Function and Adrenal Insufficiency 305
25 The Sympathoadrenal System: Its Physiology and Function 309
26 Surgical Pathology of the Adrenal Glands 317
27 Ultrasonography of the Adrenal Gland 327
28 Computed Tomography of the Adrenal Glands 335
29 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Endocrine Adrenal Tumors 343
30 Scintigraphic Imaging of the Adrenal Cortex 359
31 Radionuclide Imaging of Adrenal Medullary Tumors 369
32 Adrenal Vein Sampling 377
33 Cushing's Syndromes, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, and Estrogen- and Androgen-Secreting Tumors 381
34 Primary Aldosteronism: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management 401
35 Adrenal Incidentalomas 411
36 Pheochromocytoma: Diagnosis and Treatment 429
37 Techniques of Conventional Open Adrenalectomy 451
38 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy with the Transabdominal Lateral Approach 461
39 Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy 479
40 Pathology of Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasia 489
41 Ultrasonography of the Pancreas 497
42 Computed Tomography of the Pancreas 501
43 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors 505
44 Radionuclide Imaging of the Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors 521
45 Insulinoma 527
46 Hyperinsulinism 541
47 Gastrinomas and Other Rare Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors 547
48 Techniques of Conventional Open Pancreatic Surgery 565
49 Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors 571
50 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia and Other Familial Endocrine Tumor Syndromes 583
51 Carcinoid Tumors 613
52 Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract 643
53 Liver Transplantation for Neuroendocrine Tumors 659
54 Cytoreduction of Neuroendocrine Tumors 671
55 Medical Management of Neuroendocrine Gastrointestinal Tumors 685
Index 697

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