Adrenal gland & paraganglia

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Ovarian thecal metaplasia



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Lan L. Gellert, M.D., Ph.D.
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Cite this page: Gellert LL. Ovarian thecal metaplasia. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/adrenalovarianthecal.html. Accessed March 19th, 2024.
Definition / general
  • Benign proliferation of radial scar-like fibroblastic / myofibroblastic cells
  • Usually located just beneath the adrenal capsule
Essential features
  • Benign proliferation of radial scar-like fibroblastic / myofibroblastic cells
  • Usually located just beneath the adrenal capsule
  • Mostly in postmenopausal women; rare in men
  • May be due to metaplasia from adrenal capsule mesenchymal cells due to unopposed pituitary gonadotropin during menopause
Epidemiology
  • Mostly in postmenopausal women; rare in men
Etiology
  • May be due to metaplasia from adrenal capsule mesenchymal cells due to unopposed pituitary gonadotropin during menopause
Radiology images

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Well circumscribed hypoechoic oval shaped nodule

Right adrenal oval mass

Right adrenal mass (arrow)

Case reports
Treatment
  • Surgical excision for definite pathologic diagnosis
Gross description
  • Multiple bilateral nodules in adrenal cortex, grossly visible (up to 2 cm) or microscopic
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Proliferation of spindle cells located just beneath the capsule, surrounding small nests of cortical cells
  • Nodular proliferation of radial scar-like spindle cell fibroblastic / myofibroblastic cells
Microscopic (histologic) images

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H&E stained sections of a tumor

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