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Explain of Endocrine Pathology

38.Adrenal glands, comparison of atrophic (Addison's disease), normal, and hyperplastic (Cushing's syndrome) glands, gross

The pair of adrenals in the center are normal. Those at the top come from a patient with adrenal atrophy (with either Addison's disease or long-term corticosteroid therapy). The adrenals at the bottom represent bilateral cortical hyperplasia. This could be due to a pituitary adenoma secreting ACTH (Cushing's disease), or Cushing's syndrome from ectopic ACTH production, or idiopathic adrenal hyperplasia.

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