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Abstract
Neoplasm derived from displaced cells (rest cells) of the primordial ADRENAL GLANDS, generally in patients with CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA. Adrenal rest tumors have been identified in TESTES; LIVER; and other tissues. They are dependent on ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN for growth and adrenal steroid secretion.
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- Adrenal Cortical Rest Tumor
- Adrenal Rest Tumors
- Rest Tumor, Adrenal
- Rest Tumors, Adrenal
- Tumor, Adrenal Rest
- Tumors, Adrenal Rest
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with tissue-specific neoplasms such as TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS (IM)
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82; was ADRENAL CORTICAL REST TUMOR 1963-81
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- National Library of Medicine. Adrenal Rest Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000314. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000314
- Adrenal Rest Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554903