J A Van Heerden
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Recent Articles
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Van Heerden J, Burger J, Gerber J
S Afr Med J
. 2016 Oct;
106(10):1010-1016.
PMID: 27725022
Background: Prescribing for older patients is a well-recognised problem, and inappropriate items are prescribed frequently. Several tools and criteria are available to promote rational prescribing in older patients. Objective: To...
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Smallridge R, Bourne K, Pearson B, Van Heerden J, Carpenter P, Young W
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
. 2003 Oct;
88(10):4565-8.
PMID: 14557423
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) rarely causes ectopic ACTH syndrome. We describe a 38-yr-old man with renal stones who had a 5-cm MTC removed in 1992. He was RET-protooncogene positive (codon...
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Chow L, Gharib H, Goellner J, Van Heerden J
Thyroid
. 2002 Aug;
11(12):1147-51.
PMID: 12186502
Approximately 10% to 20% of thyroid biopsies by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) are nondiagnostic. The management of thyroid nodules in which FNA is nondiagnostic remains controversial because few studies have addressed...
4.
Erickson L, Jin L, Sebo T, Lohse C, Pankratz V, Kendrick M, et al.
Endocr Pathol
. 2002 Apr;
12(4):429-35.
PMID: 11949624
We analyzed a series of adrenocortical neoplasms to compare the clinicopathologic features and the expression of insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2) in adrenocortical adenomas and carcinomas. IGF-2 is a growth factor...
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McIver B, Hay I, Giuffrida D, Dvorak C, Grant C, Thompson G, et al.
Surgery
. 2001 Dec;
130(6):1028-34.
PMID: 11742333
Background: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is among the most aggressive of human malignancies. However, there have been few large studies of histologically well-defined ATC. We report the results of a...
6.
Burkey S, Van Heerden J, Thompson G, Grant C, Schleck C, Farley D
Surgery
. 2001 Dec;
130(6):914-20.
PMID: 11742317
Background: Hematomas requiring reoperation affect 1% of patients undergoing cervical exploration. This complication has implications for the trend toward outpatient procedures. Methods: Retrospective review of 13,817 patients undergoing thyroidectomy and...
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Erickson D, Kudva Y, Ebersold M, Thompson G, Grant C, Van Heerden J, et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
. 2001 Nov;
86(11):5210-6.
PMID: 11701678
Paragangliomas are rare tumors that arise from extraadrenal chromaffin cells. We examined the clinical characteristics, location, treatment, and outcome of 236 patients (141 females, 60%) with 297 benign paragangliomas evaluated...
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Aniszewski J, Young Jr W, Thompson G, Grant C, Van Heerden J
World J Surg
. 2001 Sep;
25(7):934-40.
PMID: 11572035
Cushing syndrome (CS) caused by ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) production (EA) poses major challenges diagnostically by mimicking the pituitary-dependent form of CS and therapeutically by producing severe, life-threatening hypercortisolemia. This...
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Sawka A, Young W, Thompson G, Grant C, Farley D, Leibson C, et al.
Ann Intern Med
. 2001 Aug;
135(4):258-61.
PMID: 11511140
Background: Hypertension often persists after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Objective: To determine factors associated with resolution of hypertension after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Tertiary care...
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Rice D, Bakaeen F, Farley D, Unni K, Van Heerden J
World J Surg
. 2001 May;
25(5):562-6.
PMID: 11369980
Duodenal leiomyomas are rare neoplasms and when present are usually asymptomatic. There are, however, isolated case reports of such leiomyomas giving rise to complications including gastrointestinal hemorrhage and obstruction. The...