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Adrenal gland and paraganglia

Reviewer: Severino Rey Nodar, M.D., Ph.D., Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 27 March 2013, last major update IN PROGRESS
Copyright: (c) 2002-2013, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Table of contents

Normal: primary references   anatomy   embryology   histology   grossing   adrenal cortex-physiology

Congenital anomalies: accessory adrenal tissue   adrenal cytomegaly   adrenal hypoplasia   adrenal union or adhesion   Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome   congenital adrenal hyperplasia   hereditary ACTH unresponsiveness   storage diseases

Adrenal insufficiency: primary-general   secondary   Addison’s disease   amyloidosis   autoimmune adrenalitis   drugs   infections   isolated mineralocorticoid deficiency   polyglandular autoimmune syndromes   radiation   Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

Adrenal hyperfunction/hyperplasia: general   Cushing’s syndrome   hyperaldosteronism   acquired hyperplasia   macronodular hyperplasia   micronodular hyperplasia   pigmented hyperplasia   unilateral hyperplasia

Adrenocortical adenoma: children   adenoma-general   oncocytoma   corticomedullary mixed tumor

Other benign cortical lesions: adenomatoid   cysts   focal adrenalitis   hemangioma   malakoplakia   massive macronodular adrenocortical disease   myelolipoma   ovarian thecal metaplasia   solitary fibrous tumor

Adrenocortical carcinoma: general   staging   features to report

Adrenal medulla: physiology   hyperplasia   tumors-general   malignant melanotic tumors   pheochromocytoma

Neuroblastic tumors: general   ganglioneuroblastoma   ganglioneuroma   neuroblastoma   staging   prognostic factors   grossing

Other adrenal malignancies: angiosarcoma   Ewing/PNET   leiomyosarcoma   lymphoma   metastases   plasmacytoma

Paraganglia: general   hyperplasia   paraganglioma   features to report

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Index (table of contents in alphabetical order)
A-E: accessory adrenal tissue   acquired hyperplasia   Addison’s disease   adenoma-general   adenomatoid tumor   adrenal cortex-physiology   adrenal cytomegaly   adrenal hyperfunction-general   adrenal hypoplasia   adrenal medulla-hyperplasia   adrenal medulla-physiology   adrenal medulla-malignant melanotic tumors   adrenal medulla tumors-general   adrenal union or adhesion   adrenocortical adenoma-children   adrenocortical carcinoma-features to report   adrenocortical carcinoma-general   adrenocortical carcinoma-staging   amyloidosis   anatomy   angiosarcoma   autoimmune adrenalitis   Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome   congenital adrenal hyperplasia   corticomedullary mixed tumo   Cushing syndrome   cysts   drugs   embryology   Ewing/PNET

F-N: focal adrenalitis   ganglioneuroblastoma   ganglioneuroma   grossing   hemangioma   histology   hyperaldosteronism   hereditary ACTH unresponsiveness   infections   isolated mineralocorticoid deficiency   leiomyosarcoma   lymphoma   macronodular hyperplasia   malakoplakia   massive macronodular adrenocortical disease   metastases   micronodular hyperplasia   myelolipoma   neuroblastic tumors-general   neuroblastoma   neuroblastoma-grossing   neuroblastoma-prognostic factors   neuroblastoma-staging

O-Z: oncocytoma   ovarian thecal metaplasia   paraganglia-general   paraglanglia hyperplasia   paraganglioma   paraganglioma-features to report   pheochromocytoma   pigmented hyperplasia   plasmacytoma   polyglandular autoimmune syndromes   primary adrenal insufficiency-general   primary references   radiation   secondary adrenal insufficiency   solitary fibrous tumor   storage diseases   unilateral hyperplasia   Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

Primary references
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AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th ed)
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Human Pathology
Modern Pathology
Lloyd: Endocrine Diseases (Atlas of Nontumor Pathology, Series I, 2002)
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