Difference between revisions of "Adrenal gland"
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*Clinical: increased urine homovanillic acid. | *Clinical: increased urine homovanillic acid. | ||
Epidemiology: | |||
*Usually paediatric population. | *Usually paediatric population. | ||
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*Homer-Wright rosettes. | *Homer-Wright rosettes. | ||
**Rosette with a small (~100 micrometers - diameter) meshwork of fibers (neuropil) at the centre.<ref name=pmid16551982>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: rosettes and pseudorosettes |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=488–92 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16551982 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | **Rosette with a small (~100 micrometers - diameter) meshwork of fibers (neuropil) at the centre.<ref name=pmid16551982>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: rosettes and pseudorosettes |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=488–92 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16551982 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
Notes: | |||
*The fibrous septa are esp. useful for differentiation from lymphoma. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Small round cell tumours]]. | |||
====Subtypes==== | ====Subtypes==== | ||