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==Benign==
==Benign==
*Spironolactone bodies.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kovacs K, Horvath E, Singer W |title=Fine structure and morphogenesis of spironolactone bodies in the zona glomerulosa of the human adrenal cortex |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=949-57 |year=1973 |month=December |pmid=4131694 |pmc=477936 |doi= |url=http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4131694}}</ref>
===Spironolactone bodies===
**Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced).
Features:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kovacs K, Horvath E, Singer W |title=Fine structure and morphogenesis of spironolactone bodies in the zona glomerulosa of the human adrenal cortex |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=949-57 |year=1973 |month=December |pmid=4131694 |pmc=477936 |doi= |url=http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4131694}}</ref>
**Appearance: eosinophilic spherical laminated whorls.
*Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced).
**Etiology: long-term use of spironolactone.
*Appearance: eosinophilic spherical laminated whorls.
*Etiology: long-term use of spironolactone.
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spironolactone_bodies_high_mag.jpg SB - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spironolactone_bodies.png SB (circled) - cropped high mag. (WC)].


==Adenomas==
==Adenomas==
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