https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/298559
Title: | Adrenal gland volume after spinal cord injury | Authors: | SHYH-JYE CHEN Lee, Wen-Jeng TIEN-SHANG HUANG Wang, Yen-Ho WEN-JENG LEE Su, Cheng-Tau Chen, Shyh-Jye Li, Yiu-Wah H, Tien-Shang |
Issue Date: | 2002 | Journal Volume: | 81 | Journal Issue: | 7 | Start page/Pages: | 483-488 | Source: | American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Abstract: | Objective: Spinal cord injury in adult men may result in hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction. Atrophy of adrenal glands was speculated in these patients. This study was undertaken to clarify the functional-anatomic correlation between adrenal volume and body surface area in subjects with spinal cord injury with impaired adrenal reserve. Design: Twenty male subjects with chronic spinal cord injury with impaired adrenal reserve were identified by adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test from a group of 42 subjects. All subjects with spinal cord injury and healthy volunteers underwent computed tomographic imaging with contiguous 3-mm section over adrenal glands for volumetric measurements. Ten pairs of subjects with spinal cord injury and controls with matched height and weight were included in the statistical analysis. Results: Significantly increased relative adrenal volumes were noted among subjects with chronic spinal cord injury and impaired adrenal reserve as compared with the body weight-matched and heightmatched control group. Conclusions: Increased relative adrenal volumes were found after chronic spinal cord injury. Hyperplasia of the zona glomerulosa may be the cause of increased relative adrenal volume after chronic spinal cord injury. |
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DOI: | 10.1097/00002060-200207000-00003 |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學系 |
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