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Rizzo GEM, Ligresti D, Tarantino I, Barbaccia M, Traina M. A rare case of pedunculated ampulloma: EUS view and resection. VideoGIE 2023; 8:367-369. [PMID: 37719952 PMCID: PMC10500264 DOI: 10.1016/j.vgie.2023.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Video 1Video showing a rare case of pedunculated ampulloma: imaging evaluation and resection technique.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giacomo Emanuele Maria Rizzo
- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (ISMETT- IRCCS), Palermo, Italy
- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (ISMETT- IRCCS), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (ISMETT- IRCCS), Palermo, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (ISMETT- IRCCS), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (ISMETT- IRCCS), Palermo, Italy
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Di Stefano C, Guarnotta V, Barbaccia M, Paratore R, La Monica R, Lo Casto A, Midiri M, Gruttadauria S, Giordano C, Richiusa P. Hepatic incidentaloma: An asymptomatic ectopic thyroid tissue. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:1066188. [PMID: 36578960 PMCID: PMC9791092 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1066188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An ectopic thyroid is a form of thyroid dysgenesis in which the entire thyroid gland or parts of it may be located in another part of the body than the usual place. The most frequent location is the base of the tongue. Although most cases are asymptomatic, symptoms related to tumor size and its relationship with surrounding tissues, hormonal dysfunction, and seldom malignancy may also occur. Here, we describe the case of an asymptomatic woman who was thyroidectomized 19 years previously for a toxic goiter and treated with conventional L-thyroxine therapy, until we enacted a progressive reduction of dosage of the replacement therapy. Incidentally, because of occasional abdomen discomfort, she was hospitalized in our Division of Endocrinology as there was ultrasound evidence of a large mass in the liver dislocating and imprinting the choledochal duct in the pre-pancreatic site, the gallbladder, and the cystic duct, which could not be dissociated from the contiguous hepatic parenchyma and was in very close proximity to the second duodenal portion and the head of the pancreas. Imaging techniques, such as TC, MR, TC/PET, and 131I scintigraphy, confirmed the large lesion with a diameter on the axial plane of about 8 × 5.5 cm and a cranio-caudal extension of about 6 cm. The impossibility of surgical debulking and/or radiometabolic 131I therapy, in the absence of compression symptoms, led to the multidisciplinary decision of a clinical and instrumental follow-up of this rare lesion.
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- Claudia Di Stefano
- Section of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS ISMETT (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione)-UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), Palermo, Italy
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- Section of “Medicina Nucleare e Terapia Radiometabolica”, La Maddalena, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Radiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Radiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), Palermo, Italy
- Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- *Correspondence: Carla Giordano, ; Pierina Richiusa,
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- Section of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- *Correspondence: Carla Giordano, ; Pierina Richiusa,
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Ligresti D, Martino A, Barbaccia M, Calamia S, Tarantino I, Barresi L, Granata A, Gruttadauria S, Liotta R, Traina M. Thyroid ectopia of the liver: An unusual diagnosis with contrast-enhanced EUS (with video). Endosc Ultrasound 2019; 8:430-431. [PMID: 31854346 PMCID: PMC6927141 DOI: 10.4103/eus.eus_71_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Dario Ligresti
- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Pathology Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo; Department of Surgery and Medical and Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Pathology Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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Diazepam-binding-inhibitor (DBI) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are colocalized in neurons in the brain. This system has been implicated in anxiety and in the regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion. Alcohol has direct and indirect effects on the functioning of GABAA receptors. Abstinent alcoholics are, on the average, more anxious than controls. In tests of animal behavior, DBI has anxiogenic, and alcohol has anxiolytic potency. Therefore, we compared alcoholic patients and healthy controls for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of DBI, and looked for a correlation between CSF levels of DBI and CRH. There was no significant difference in CSF concentrations of DBI between the two groups and no significant correlation between CSF DBI and our measure of anxiety. However, there was a significant positive correlation between CSF levels of DBI and CRH in both the alcoholic and control groups.
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- A Roy
- Hillside Hospital, Division of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, NY 11004
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Diazepam-binding inhibitor (DBI) is a neuromodulatory peptide for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of DBI have been found to be elevated in depression. CSF levels of the peptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) have also been found to be elevated in depression. Therefore, we examined for a relationship between DBI and CRH in human CSF. We found significant positive correlations between CSF levels of DBI and CRH in depressed patients, pathological gamblers, and normal controls. These data, along with the elevated CSF levels of DBI in depression, suggest the possibility that DBI may have a role in coordinating responses to stress in humans in addition to its possible role in the pathophysiology of depression.
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- A Roy
- Laboratory of Clinical Studies, DICBR, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland
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Roy A, Adinoff B, Roehrich L, Lamparski D, Custer R, Lorenz V, Barbaccia M, Guidotti A, Costa E, Linnoila M. Pathological gambling. A psychobiological study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988; 45:369-73. [PMID: 2451490 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800280085011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We investigated psychobiological substrates of pathological gambling by measuring levels of norepinephrine, monoamine metabolites, and peptides in cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, and urine. Pathological gamblers had a significantly higher centrally produced fraction of cerebrospinal fluid levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol as well as significantly greater urinary outputs of norepinephrine than controls. These results suggest that pathological gamblers may have a functional disturbance of the noradrenergic system. This system has been postulated to underlie sensation-seeking behaviors, aspects of which are thought to be abnormal among pathological gamblers.
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- A Roy
- Laboratory of Clinical Studies, DICBR, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892
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