typically found in the adrenal glands or along the sympathetic nervous system. These tumors are generally benign and often asymptomatic, making them challenging to diagnose until they are ...

Similarly, adrenal hemangiomas, which are benign tumors of the adrenal gland, are often detected incidentally and can be misdiagnosed as other conditions, such as pheochromocytomas. A study ...

Most tumors of the adrenal glands are benign (not cancer). Adrenal cancer is very rare. At Fred Hutch, our endocrine tumor specialists — all UW Medicine doctors — have experience evaluating and ...

Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome include weight gain, a round "moon" face, easy bruising, fat around the base of the neck and the shoulders, stretch marks around the abdomen, hips, breasts and underarms ...

Adrenocorticotropic hormone tells the adrenal glands to make hormones ... The majority of pituitary gland tumors are benign and have formed out of glandular tissue. Brain tumors usually do not ...

PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 (Ga-68) pentixafor can effectively guide surgery for patients with primary aldosteronism, ...

Cushing’s syndrome, or hypercortisolism, is a condition caused by overproduction of cortisol — a hormone that regulates stress, metabolism, and immune response. While cortisol ...

Diagnosing adrenal tumors often requires complex and costly laboratory and imaging procedures, which, unfortunately, in many cases, do not provide complete certainty about the diagnosis or the nature ...

All these benign tumors may still affect kidney function and can cause ... The whole kidney is removed (with the tumor inside) as a package together with the adrenal gland, tissue around the kidney, ...

Most cases of acromegaly are caused by a benign (noncancerous ... such as in the lungs, pancreas, or adrenal glands. Some tumors grow slowly and produce little growth hormone, so acromegaly is not ...