Difference between revisions of "Adrenal gland"

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 :See also: ''[[olfactory neuroblastoma]]''.
 ===General===
-Laboratory:
+Epidemiology:
+*Usually paediatric population.
+Laboratory findings:
 *Increased urine homovanillic acid.
-Epidemiology:
+Predictors of a poor prognosis:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_254>{{Ref PCPBoD8|254}}</ref>
-*Usually paediatric population.
+*High mitotic-karyorrhectic index.
+*Lack of schwannian stroma.
+*>18 months.
+*Near ploidy.
+*N-MYC amplification.
+*Lymph node spread.
+*Distant spread.
 Classification:
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 ===Gross===
-*~40% of in the [[adrenal gland]].<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|253}}</ref>
+*Typically an abdominal mass.
+**~40% arise in the [[adrenal gland]].<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_253>{{Ref PCPBoD8|253}}</ref>
 ===Microscopic===
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 Notes:
-*The fibrous septa are esp. useful for differentiation from lymphoma.
+*The fibrous septa are especially useful for differentiation from lymphoma.
 DDx:
 *[[Small round cell tumours]].
+**[[Wilms tumour]].
+**Lymphoma.
+**[[Hepatoblastoma]].
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