Adrenal hyperplasia

Classification according to ICD-10
E24	Cushing's Syndrome
E25	Adrenogenital disorders
E26.0	Primary hyperaldosteronism
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

An adrenal hyperplasia is a hyperplasia of the adrenal glands .

There are different forms:

• both sides:
  • physiological enlargement in newborns
  • acquired when there is an increased release of ACTH , an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma or Cushing's disease
  • congenital ( congenital adrenal hyperplasia ) (CAH) with the picture of an adrenogenital syndrome (AGS) with a series of gene mutations
• one or both sides:
  • Conn syndrome with Conn adenoma
  • Tumors such as pheochromocytoma , ganglioneuroma or adrenal carcinoma , Carney complex or aldosteronome. Primary hyperaldosteronism

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0, keyword adrenal hyperplasia
2. ↑ W. Schuster, D. Färber (editor): Children's radiology. Imaging diagnostics. Springer 1996, Vol. 2, p. 662, ISBN 3-540-60224-0 .
3. ↑ Entry on adrenal hyperplasia in Flexikon , a wiki of the DocCheck company

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