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=Benign= | =Benign= | ||
The section covers non-neoplastic pathologies of the adrenal gland. These uncommonly come to the pathologist. | The section covers non-neoplastic pathologies of the adrenal gland. These uncommonly come to the pathologist. | ||
==Stress response== | |||
*In fetuses - fat content increases due to stress<ref name=pmid964978>{{cite journal |author=Becker MJ, Becker AE |title=Fat distribution in the adrenal cortex as an indication of the mode of intrauterine death |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=495–504 |year=1976 |month=September |pmid=964978 |doi= |url=}}</ref> -- see: ''[[Fetal_autopsy#Adrenal_fetal_fat_pattern]]''. | |||
*In newborns/children/adults - fat content decreases due to stress. | |||
==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> | ||