adrenal tumour

adrenal tumour

A nonspecific term for a circumscribed mass of the adrenal gland, which is used by radiologists before histopathological assessment, and by oncologists when discussing the mass with a patient. Adrenal tumours include:
(1) Adrenocortical adenoma, see there;
(2) Adrenocortical adenocarcinoma, see there;
(3) Phaeochromocytoma; 
(4) Metastases;
(5) Abscesses.
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8 ug/dL (<50nmol/L), meaning a subtle anomaly of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and the presence of mild hypocorticism if the adrenal tumour is surgically removed.
Incidentaloma: from general practice to specific endocrine frame
The European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours (ENS@T) has recently implemented a collection of adrenal tumour related databases and defined an associated network of Biological Resource Centers devoted to research on adrenal tumours.
Germany: European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours - Structuring clinical research on adrenal cancers in adults
Once the adrenal tumour had been removed, a full laparotomy was performed.
Unexpected intra-operative diagnosis of a large cystic phaeochromocytoma and secondary nifedipine pharmacobezoar
The adrenal tumour was removed but the metastasis was deemed unresectable.
Phaeochromocytoma in black South Africans--a 30-year audit
The adrenal tumour is usually high and has a medial extension, making its blind dissection an undesired option and may not allow real proper complete surgical removal.
Open adrenalectomy for medium sized adrenocortical tumour: how I do it?
However, intraoperative separation was very difficult; therefore, adrenal tumour resection, resection of the pancreatic body and tail, left nephrectomy and splenectomy were carried out.
Adult adrenal ganglioneuroblastoma: a rare case report
7] In our case, brain CT scan revealed senile cortical atrophic without any enlargement of the pituitary fossa which ruled out any pituitary tumour and diagnosis of adrenal tumour was confirmed by CECT abdomen.
Perioperative anaesthesia management of a patient with Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocortical carcinoma: a case report
The patient underwent laparoscopic unilateral adrenal tumour resection plus ipsilateral adrenalectomy.
Pathologic analysis, diagnosis and treatment of adrenal myelolipoma
Disease prevalence based on our findings is likely to be accurate as it is estimated from a large adrenal tumour data bank at one of the largest adrenal disease centres in China.
The diagnosis and treatment of primary adrenal lipomatous tumours in Chinese patients: A 31-year follow-up study
A high total testosterone concentration indicates that hyperandrogenaemia may be caused by an ovarian or adrenal tumour.
Masculinising ovarian steroid cell tumor in a 51 year old Indian female: a case report
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has been a standard procedure since the early 1990s for most patients with surgical adrenal tumour.
Patient-reported satisfaction and cosmesis outcomes following laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy vs. conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy
High degree of accuracy in the evaluation of malignancy by microscopic examination of adrenal tumour has been achieved, helping in easy treatment, and follow up of the patient and also to present emerging evidence concerning the adrenocortical tumorigenesis in order to address the issue of an adenoma-carcinoma sequential progression as well as to further elucidate the incompletely understood pathophysiology of this aggressive neoplasm.
A histomorphological study of paediatric adrenal tumours

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