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Neoplasm of the adrenal gland

MedGen UID:
1352
•Concept ID:
C0001624
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Adrenal gland neoplasm
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of adrenal gland (127021009); Adrenal tumor (127021009); Tumor of adrenal gland (127021009)
 
HPO: HP:0100631
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021227
Orphanet: ORPHA100091

Definition

A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the adrenal gland. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNeoplasm of the adrenal gland

Professional guidelines

PubMed

European Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guidelines on the management of adrenal incidentalomas, in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors.
Fassnacht M, Tsagarakis S, Terzolo M, Tabarin A, Sahdev A, Newell-Price J, Pelsma I, Marina L, Lorenz K, Bancos I, Arlt W, Dekkers OM
Eur J Endocrinol 2023 Jul 20;189(1):G1-G42. doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvad066. PMID: 37318239
Personalized Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.
Nölting S, Bechmann N, Taieb D, Beuschlein F, Fassnacht M, Kroiss M, Eisenhofer G, Grossman A, Pacak K
Endocr Rev 2022 Mar 9;43(2):199-239. doi: 10.1210/endrev/bnab019. PMID: 34147030Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism.
Reincke M, Bancos I, Mulatero P, Scholl UI, Stowasser M, Williams TA
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2021 Dec;9(12):876-892. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00210-2. PMID: 34798068

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Adrenal myelolipoma: a comprehensive review.
Decmann Á, Perge P, Tóth M, Igaz P
Endocrine 2018 Jan;59(1):7-15. Epub 2017 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s12020-017-1473-4. PMID: 29164520
Adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with a peritoneal effusion.
Arvanitis LD, Pitelka LA, Gattuso P
Diagn Cytopathol 2010 Jul;38(7):514-6. doi: 10.1002/dc.21261. PMID: 19941369

Clinical prediction guides

Whole-genome and transcriptome analysis of advanced adrenocortical cancer highlights multiple alterations affecting epigenome and DNA repair pathways.
Lavoie JM, Csizmok V, Williamson LM, Culibrk L, Wang G, Marra MA, Laskin J, Jones SJM, Renouf DJ, Kollmannsberger CK
Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2022 Apr;8(3) Epub 2022 Apr 28 doi: 10.1101/mcs.a006148. PMID: 35483882Free PMC Article
Adrenal myelolipoma: a comprehensive review.
Decmann Á, Perge P, Tóth M, Igaz P
Endocrine 2018 Jan;59(1):7-15. Epub 2017 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s12020-017-1473-4. PMID: 29164520

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