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Adrenal insuff. may be immediately post-op.<ref>URL: [http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/1516 http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/1516]. Accessed on: 21 August 2010.</ref>
Adrenal insuff. may be immediately post-op.<ref>URL: [http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/1516 http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/1516]. Accessed on: 21 August 2010.</ref>


==Benign==
=Benign=
===Spironolactone bodies===
==Spironolactone bodies==
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>
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>
*Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced).
*Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced).
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spironolactone_bodies.png SB (circled) - cropped high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spironolactone_bodies.png SB (circled) - cropped high mag. (WC)].


==Hemorrhagic adrenalitis==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome''.
*Classically thought to be only due to ''Neisseria meningitidis''; however, more recently also associated with ''Streptococcus aureus''.<ref name=pmid16177250>{{cite journal |author=Adem PV, Montgomery CP, Husain AN, ''et al.'' |title=Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in children |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=353 |issue=12 |pages=1245–51 |year=2005 |month=September |pmid=16177250 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa044194 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid14747454>{{cite journal |author=Hamilton D, Harris MD, Foweraker J, Gresham GA |title=Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome as a result of non-meningococcal infection |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=208–9 |year=2004 |month=February |pmid=14747454 |pmc=1770213 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
==Gross==
Features:
*Massive haemorrhage within the substance of the adrenal gland.
DDx (autopsy):
*Post-mortem changes.
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Massive haemorrhage within the substance of the adrenal gland.
Image: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770213/figure/f1/ Haemorrhage in adrenal (nih.gov)].
=Benign neoplasms=
==Adenomas==
==Adenomas==
Radiology<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/376240-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/376240-overview].</ref>
Radiology<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/376240-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/376240-overview].</ref>
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===Hyperplasia vs. adenoma===
===Hyperplasia vs. adenoma===
*Hyperplasia is multifocal.<ref>IAV. 18 February 2009.</ref>
*Hyperplasia is multifocal.<ref>IAV. 18 February 2009.</ref>
==Neoplasms==
===Benign neoplasms===


==Adrenal cortical adenoma==
==Adrenal cortical adenoma==
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See: ''[[Uterine_tumours#Adenomatoid_tumour|Adenomatoid tumours (uterine tumours)]]''.
See: ''[[Uterine_tumours#Adenomatoid_tumour|Adenomatoid tumours (uterine tumours)]]''.


===Malignant neoplasms===
=Malignant neoplasms=
==Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)==
==Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)==
Epidemiology:
Epidemiology:
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*See: ''[[Small round cell tumours]]''.
*See: ''[[Small round cell tumours]]''.


==See also==
=See also=
*[[Small round cell tumours]].
*[[Small round cell tumours]].


==References==
=References=
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist|2}}


[[Category:Endocrine pathology]]
[[Category:Endocrine pathology]]
[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]
[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]
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