Adrenal tumor

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• adrenal hypertension — hypertension caused by an adrenal tumor that secretes mineralocorticoids, such as in hyperaldosteronism; in many cases it may be associated with excessive production of other adrenocortical hormones normally made in minute amounts …   Medical dictionary

• Adrenal medulla — Medulla labeled at bottom right. Gray s subject #277 1280 Ar …   Wikipedia

• Tumor necrosis factor-alpha — Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, cachexin or cachectin and formally known as tumor necrosis factor alpha ) is a cytokine involved in systemic inflammation and is a member of a group of cytokines that all stimulate the acute phase reaction. TNF causes… …   Wikipedia

• Adrenal insufficiency — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Adrenal gland DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|27|1|e|20 ICD10|E|27|4|e|20 ICD9 = ICD9|255.4 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 16 MeshID = D000309 Adrenal insufficiency is a… …   Wikipedia

• Adrenal medulla — The inner portion of adrenal gland. (The outer portion is the adrenal cortex). The adrenal medulla makes epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline). Epinephrine is secreted in response to low blood levels of glucose as well as… …   Medical dictionary

• Tumor — Neoplastic tumor of the cheek skin, here a benign neoplasm of the sweat glands called Hidradenoma, which is not solid but is fluid filled. A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm (a solid or fluid filled (cystic) lesion… …   Wikipedia

• adrenal rest tumor — 1. a rare neoplasm of the testis of young boys, consisting of adrenal tissue; it may be secondary to hyperplasia of an adrenal gland. 2. lipoid cell t. of ovary …   Medical dictionary

• Insuficiencia adrenal — Ubicación de la glándula suprarrenal. Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 …   Wikipedia Español

• Neuroendocrine tumor — Neuroendocrine tumors Classification and external resources Micrograph of a neuroendocrine tumor. H E stain. ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor — The Von Hippel Lindau tumor suppressor protein is encoded by the VHL gene and when inactivated is associated with Von Hippel Lindau disease. PBB Summary section title = summary text = Von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a dominantly inherited… …   Wikipedia