Primary Pleural Benign Myxoid Schwannoma in an 18-Year-Old Female: A Case Report and Literature Review by Hussam Abou Al-Shaar, Safi Qutob, Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Ayman Azzam, Tarek Amin, Shamayel Mohammed

“…The patient was originally referred to our tertiary care hospital for further management of right adrenal gland mass. Physical examination and all laboratory tests were normal. …”
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Ectopic Functioning Adrenocortical Oncocytic Adenoma (Oncocytoma) with Myelolipoma Causing Virilization by Lea F. Surrey, Ashesh A. Thaker, Paul J. Zhang, Giorgos Karakousis, Michael D. Feldman

“…Functioning adrenal adenomas are well-described entities that can rarely occur outside the adrenal gland in the ectopic adrenal tissue. Similarly, myelolipoma is an another benign lesion of the adrenal tissue which can rarely occur outside the adrenal gland. …”
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Retroperitoneal Teratoma in an Adult: A Potential Pitfall in the Differential Diagnosis of Adrenal Myelolipoma by Madoka Kataoka, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yasukazu Nakanishi, Minato Yokoyama, Nobuaki Funata, Toru Motoi, Ken-ichi Tobisu, Fumitaka Koga

“…We report a 32-year-old female case of a right adrenal gland mass detected on CT scan at medical checkup. …”
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“Looks Can Be Deceiving”: Adrenal Teratoma Causing Diagnostic Difficulty by Mehwash Nadeem, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M. Nasir Sulaiman, Shahid Pervez

“…On histological evaluation, it was confirmed to be mature teratoma arising from the right adrenal gland. He made uneventful recovery and was kept well on annual follow-up.…”
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Adrenal hemorrhage in neonates: Incidence, perinatal characteristics and follow-up outcomes by Tek-Jū Tân, Yi-Li Hung, Chung-Min Shen, Wu-Shiun Hsieh

“…The hemorrhage involved mostly over the right adrenal gland. Neonatal jaundice was the major comorbidity. …”
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A Rare Case of Primary Bilateral Adrenal Lymphoma by Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan, Phang Kee Fong, Yang Shiyao Sam, Pavel Singh, Siok-Bian Ng, Gollamudi Satya Pavan Kumar

“…Lymphoma may involve the adrenal glands, but primary lymphoma is rare. Only a few cases have been reported in medical literature. …”
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Left Upper Quadrant Mass Leading to a Surprise Diagnosis by Hugo J. R. Bonatti, Reinhardt O. Sahmel, Rodrigo B. Erlich

“…Superior and dorsal to the tail of the pancreas next to the left adrenal gland, the mass was identified and carefully dissected out. …”
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Hepatoportal Leptin Sensors and Their Reflex Effects on Autonomic Outflow in the Rat by Akira Niijima

“…Further, an intravenous (IV) injection of leptin (1 ng, 0.1 mL) facilitated the efferent nerve activity of the sympathetic nerve to the adrenal gland and suppressed that of the celiac branch of the vagus nerve. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masquerading as a Large Renal Mass with Hepatic Invasion by Joseph R. N. Zabell, Kenneth G. Nepple, Neal W. Wilkinson, Laila Dahmoush, Richard D. Williams

“…After surgical excision, the mass was subsequently discovered to be primary hepatocellular carcinoma with direct extension to the kidney and adrenal gland. A diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B was made postoperatively. …”
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Systemic Relapse in a Young Adult Patient with Primary CNS Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Adam Khorasanchi, Zachary Benson, Misty Hall, Nelya Ebadirad, Mohammad H. Gharavi, Patrick Willard, Miranda Chimzar, John McKay, Gary Simmons, Victor Yazbeck

“…This paper presents an unusual case of advanced PCNS-DLBCL with systemic relapse, including adrenal gland involvement. A review of the existing literature and a discussion on the management of systemic relapse in PCNS-DLBCL is also provided.…”
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Adrenal Schwannomas: Rare Tumor of the Retroperitoneum by Emanuele Grasso, Michele Simone

“…We report a case of an incidentally identified during an abdominal ultrasound examination with schwannoma localized in the left adrenal gland.…”
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Bilateral adrenal cryptococcosis causing adrenal insufficiency in an immunocompetent patient by Ramneek Kaur, Naveen Mittal, Ankita Soni, Harpreet Kaur

“…Cryptococcosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients and presents as meningitis and lung disease. Adrenal gland involvement may be observed, yet primary adrenal insufficiency by cryptococcal infection is infrequent. …”
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Schwannoma Localized Retroperitoneally in a 14-Year-Old Boy by Hasan Cayirli, Halil Ibrahim Tanriverdi, Ali Aykan Ozguven, Cuneyt Gunsar, Betul Ersoy, Ali Riza Kandiloglu

“…Here, we present a pediatric case of a retroperitoneal schwannoma in an adrenal location where the tumor was not able to be preoperatively differentiated from other benign or malign adrenal gland tumors. In our opinion, this tumor can be included in the differential diagnosis of a nonfunctioning retroperitoneal adrenal mass in children.…”
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Role of Apolipoprotein E in Anxiety by Jacob Raber

“…In mice, apoE plays a role in the regulation of anxiety, which might involve histamine receptor-mediated signaling and steroidogenesis in the adrenal gland. In addition, human apoE isoforms have differential effects on anxiety in adult mice lacking apoE and probable AD patients. …”
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Surgical Management of Giant L2 Adrenal Neuroblastoma in Adult Male by Bikash Bikram Thapa, Sanjay Yadav, Sujit Pant, Pratik Rajkarnikar, Pankaj Mandal

“…He underwent en-bloc surgical excision of the left adrenal gland along with the left kidney. Histopathological examination revealed adrenal neuroblastoma (stage 2B, L2). …”
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Diagnosis of Intra-Abdominal Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration by means of Ultrasound in a Neonate by Claudio Rodrigues Pires, Adriano Czapkowski, Edward Araujo Júnior, Sebastião Marques Zanforlin Filho

“…Here, we present a case of a neonate on the second day of life, with ultrasonography showing extralobar pulmonary sequestration located above the left adrenal gland that prenatally simulated a neuroblastoma.…”
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Primary Adrenal Leiomyosarcoma in an Arab Male: A Rare Case Report with Immunohistochemistry Study by Veena Nagaraj, Mohammed Mustafa, Essa Amin, Waleed Ali, Shamil Naji Sarsam, Abdulla Darwish

“…In this case, we report a primary leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal gland in a 61-year-old Bahraini male clinically presumed to be a renal neoplasm.…”
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Cortisol in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Double-Edged Sword by Muslat A Bin Rubaia’an, Muath Khaled Alotaibi, Naif Mutlaq Alotaibi, Nasser Raqe Alqhtani

“…Cortisol is a hormone that is naturally produced by the zona fasciculata of the cortex in the adrenal gland. One of its main functions is to decrease inflammation, particularly in areas where an inflammatory response is not necessary. …”
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Adrenal Lymphangioma Masquerading as a Catecholamine Producing Tumor by Israel Hodish, Lindsay Schmidt, Andreas G. Moraitis

“…Lymphangiomas are benign vascular lesions that can very rarely occur in the adrenal gland. Imaging findings are generally consistent with a cyst but are nonspecific. …”
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D-Amino Acids in the Nervous and Endocrine Systems by Yoshimitsu Kiriyama, Hiromi Nochi

“…Furthermore, D-amino acids are detected in parts of the endocrine system, such as the pineal gland, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pancreas, adrenal gland, and testis. D-Aspartate is being investigated for the regulation of hormone release from various endocrine organs. …”
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