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 ...

The gland makes too much adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH). That causes the adrenal glands to make too many corticosteroids. Another main cause is taking steroid medicines like prednisone for a long ...

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 ...

Pimples are usually a result of blocked pores or other benign skin conditions ... additional oil in the skin and causes acne-like conditions. Similarly, other adrenal gland tumors like adrenocortical ...

Vascular tumors of the liver in adult patients include cavernous hemangioma, a common benign tumor; epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, a rare, usually low-grade malignant tumor; and angiosarcoma ...

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 ...

If a salivary gland infection develops very quickly, a doctor may call it “acute.” Infections related to obstructions or narrowed tubes may develop more gradually. If a tumor has caused the ...

Adrenal glands, responsible for producing hormones that manage the body’s stress response, can sometimes become overburdened. This can result in a commonly seen condition called adrenal fatigue ...

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 ...