Sentences with phrase «functional adrenal tumor»
15 % of the time the condition is caused by a tumor on the adrenal gland problem called a functional adrenal tumor (FAT).
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Blood tests help to indicate the presence of functional tumors of the pituitary and adrenal cortex.
Cushings Disease is a disease seen commonly in dogs and rarely in cats, where a benign (not cancerous) but functional tumor in the pituitary gland over-secretes a hormone that over stimulates the adrenal glands in the abdomen to produce too much of the hormone, cortisol.
Conventional treatment for Cushings Disease is to treat with a medication called trilostane that enzymatically inhibits the production or cortisol at the level of the adrenal gland, thereby neutralizing the over-stimulation caused by the functional pituitary gland tumor.
Functional tumors of the adrenal glands (these secrete catecholamines i.e. epinephrine / adrenaline) and high circulating thyroid hormone levels (hyperthyroidism) may also result in high blood pressure.