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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Adenoma > Adrenal Rest Tumor

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Adrenal Rest Tumor  

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Entry terms

  • Adrenal Cortical Rest Tumor

Note

  • coordinate IM with tissue-specific neoplasms such as TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • Neoplasm derived from displaced cells (rest cells) of the primordial ADRENAL GLANDS, generally in patients with CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA. Adrenal rest tumors have been identified in TESTES; LIVER; and other tissues. They are dependent on ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN for growth and adrenal steroid secretion.

History note

  • 82; was ADRENAL CORTICAL REST TUMOR 1963-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000314

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