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| not seen unless enlarged, 1-3cm rounded echo-poor mass, <3m may displace surrounding structures. |
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| group of nodes surrounding the aorta |
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| group of nodes surrounding the mesenteric vessels |
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| unilateral, uni or multilocular, may become calcified, an incidental findings |
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| addison's, adrenogenital, conn's, cushings, waterhouse-friderichsen |
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| adrenal hypofunction of adrenal or pituitary origin, tumor or mets, |
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| excretes excess androgens producing abberant sex traits |
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| excessive excretion of aldosterone |
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| excessive excretion of glucocorticoids, upper torso fat pads |
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| waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome |
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| adrenal hemorrage caused by meningococcal infection |
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| pheochromocytoma, adrenal neuroblastoma |
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| excessive epinephrine and norepinephrine, hypertension, variable appearing mass |
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| echogenic mass that arises in medulla |
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| most common malignancy of adrenals in childhood |
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| primary retroperitoneal tumors |
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| leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, teratoma |
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| solid/complex with possible necrosis and cystic degeneration |
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| fibrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| highly reflective with invasion into surrounding tissue |
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| complex, arise within upper retroperitomeum and pelvis, may contain bone, teeth, cartilage |
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| retroperioneal fluid collection |
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| urinoma, hemorrahage, abscess |
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| walled-off collection of urine, occurs secondary to trauma, surgery or urinary obstruction |
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| u/s finding vary to age of blood due to trauma, vasculitis, leaking AAA, or bleeding neoplasm |
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| complex pattern with debris from trauma, surgery, GI perforation. |
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| thick sheets of fibrous tissue in retroperitoneum. may occur with AAA, also know as Ormond's disease |
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| discrete mass anterior and lateral to great vessels, may compress the IVC, AO, or ureters |
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| center tissue of adrenal gland that secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine |
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| adrenocoricotropic hormone |
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| hypofunction of adrenal cortex |
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| regulates electrolyte metabolism |
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| regulates carbohydrate metabolism |
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| principal mineralcorticoid |
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| condition caused by hypersecretion of hormones from the adrenal cortex |
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| malignancy that primarily affects the lymph nodes, spleen, or liver |
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| multiple enlarged lymph nodes |
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| smooth, round, benign tumor of adrenal cortex associated with cushing's syndrome |
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| malignant adrenal mass in pediatric patient |
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| hormone secreted by pituitary gland |
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| outer parechyma of adrenal gland that secretes steroid hormones called coricoids |
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