While adrenal adenoma and carcinoma are usually unilateral, hyperplasias are commonly bilateral. Rarely an entity involving bilateral adrenal glands called primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical ...
which are typically benign tumors found in the salivary glands. This condition is particularly significant because it represents a malignant transformation of a previously benign tumor ...
While benign (non-cancerous) tumors in the adrenal gland are very common, cancers in or around this gland are very rare. They are found in only one or three per one million people. These tumors can ...
Addison’s disease and Cushing’s disease are two more common adrenal gland disorders. Rarely, adrenal gland cancer or benign tumors called pheochromocytomas can occur. For hormonal imbalances not ...
The adrenal glands, one atop each kidney, produce hormones for a variety of functions. Most growths in the adrenal glands are not cancer. These noncancerous tumors often cause no symptoms and do not ...
Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a rare problem caused when the adrenal gland(s) makes too much of a hormone called cortisol. CS is most often due to a tumor or mass found in the pituitary gland of the ...