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adrenocortical

[ah-dre″no-kor´tĭ-k'l]

pertaining to or arising from the adrenal cortex; called also corticoadrenal.

a·dre·no·cor·ti·cal

(ă-drē-nō-kōr'ti-kăl),

Pertaining to the suprarenal cortex.

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adrenocortical

(ə-drē′nō-kôr′tĭ-kəl)

adj.

Of, relating to, or derived from the adrenal cortex.

adrenocortical

adjective Referring to the adrenal cortex.

adrenocortical

adjective Referring to the adrenal cortex

ad·re·no·cor·ti·cal

(ă-drē'nō-kōr'ti-kăl)

Pertaining to the cortex of the suprarenal gland.

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Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare disease and no data is available from our part of world regarding management and outcome of this disease.

A clinical study and treatment results of adrenocortical carcinoma patients presented in Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore

More rarely, adenoma-pheochromocytoma, adenoma-hemangioma, adrenocortical carcinoma-metastasis, adrenocortical carcinoma-myelolipoma, carcinosarcoma-metastasis, and myelolipoma-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been reported in the literature.

A Rare Mimicker of an Adrenal Carcinoma: Co-occurrence of Hemorrhagic Pseudocyst and Myelolipoma/Adrenal Karsinomun Nadir Bir Taklitcisi: Hemorajik Psodokist ve Miyelolipomun Birlikte Olusumu

Prognostic factors in stage III-IV adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC): an European Network for the Study of Adrenal tumour (ENSAT) study.

The impact of patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors on survival in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma

It was speculated that epinephrine released by pheochromocytoma might stimulate adrenocorticotropic hormone release and increase cortical functions.[4] Another possibility was that the adrenocortical adenoma promoted the release of the cortisol, renin, and angiotensin.

Adrenal Collision Tumor Composed of Adrenocortical Adenoma and Pheochromocytoma

The two most important predictive factors of adrenocortical carcinoma are the size of the lesion and appearance on imaging [4].

A Rare Adrenal Incidentaloma That Mimics Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Ito, "A case of aldosterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma associated with a probable post-operative adrenal crisis: histopathological analyses of the adrenal gland," Hypertension Research, vol.

Clinical Characteristics of Aldosterone- and Cortisol-Coproducing Adrenal Adenoma in Primary Aldosteronism

The "4A" syndrome: adrenocortical insufficiency associated with achalasia, alacrima, autonomic and other neurological abnormalities.

AAA Syndrome, Case Report of a Rare Disease

Variations in adrenocortical responsiveness during severe bacterial infections.

Glucocorticoid response to intramuscular acth stimulation in critically ill patients

Feminizing adrenocortical carcinomas are exceedingly rare in adults and account for 1-2% of adrenocortical carcinomas.

Feminizing adrenocortical carcinoma without gynecomastia

Miyazaki et al., "Combined primary aldosteronism and Cushing's syndrome due to a single adrenocortical adenoma complicated by Hashimoto's thyroiditis," Internal Medicine, vol.

Coexistence of Primary Hyperaldosteronism and Graves' Disease, a Rare Combination of Endocrine Disorders: Is It beyond a Coincidence--A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Prevalence of germline TP53 mutations in a prospective series of unselected patients with adrenocortical carcinoma.

How to Screen for Hereditary Cancers in General Pathology Practice

The adrenocortical response to stress in incubating Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus).

Changes in physiologic parameters and effects of hooding in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) during manual restraint