St Adrenals and Paragangliomas Flashcards
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Fetal adrenal with primitive sympathetic cells forming neuroblastic nodules
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Newborn adrenal with focal cytomegaly of fetal cortex
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Newborn adrenal of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome with widespread cytomegaly
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Atrophic adrenal gland:
- fibrotic capsule and cortical layer is atrophic but medulla unaffected.
DDx adrenal hypofuntion:
- _atrophic:_autoimmune (lymphocytes and plasma cells, abs sto P450 enzyme), Type I polyglandular autoimmune sydrnome (APECED, AR), Type II polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (AD), previous Waterhouse-Friderichsen (fibrosis), exogenous corticosteroid, Cushing syndrome
- necrotic: CMV
- replacement: TB (caseous), fungus (caseous), Amyloidosis, tumour, Waterhouse-Friderichsen (blood), anticoagulatn tx (blood)
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Adrenocortical hyperplasia
- vacuolated fasciculata
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Primary hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperplasia of zona glomerulosa
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Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease - microadenomatous hyperplasia:
- Nodules of large, granular eosinophilic cells with enlargec hyperchromatic nuclei with prominent nucleoli
- filled with lipochrome
- associated with Carney complex (PRKAR1A)
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Pigmented (black) adrenocortical adenoma
- associated with Cushing syndrome
- compact cells with lipochrome pigment
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Adrenocortical adenoma with stromal fibrosis
- associated with Cushing syndrome
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Adrenocortical adenoma, myelolipomatous change
- Associated with Cushing syndrome
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Adrenocortical carcinoma
- areas of necrosis
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Adrenocortical carcinoma
- marked nuclear pleomorphism
- intranuclear pseudoinclusions
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Adrenal cyst, endothelial type (+ Factor VIII)
- other types: epithelial, parasitic, endothelial and psuedocysts
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Adrenal myelolipoma
- hematopoeitic tissue scattered among fat
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Metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma