Aberrant Adrenal Tissue

Bilateral aberrant axillary breast tissue.

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | November-December 2009 | Vol 75 | Issue 6 Polymastia means the accessory breast glandular tissue with or without nipple and areola.[1] The presence of an extra nipple (polythelia) and breast (polymastia) is not uncommon.[2] Between 1 and 5% of men and women have polythelia or, less frequently, polymastia. Most cases are sporadic, but approximately 6% are fami...

Familial adrenocorticotropin-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia with aberrant serotonin and vasopressin adrenal receptors.

ACTH-independent macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia (AIMAH) is rare and generally presents as a sporadic disease. We describe a familial case of AIMAH with in vivo and in vitro demonstration of aberrant 5-HT4 and vasopressin adrenal receptors. Two sisters presented with clinical and biological features of mild Cushing's syndrome with bilateral macronodular adrenal enlargement on computeriz...

CD44 expression in normal adrenal tissue and adrenal tumours.

BACKGROUND CD44 is a cell surface glycoprotein found on many normal cells, mainly lymphoid and epithelial. Normal cells usually express standard CD44 (CD44-S), whereas malignant tumours may express CD44 variant isoforms (CD44-V). CD44 expression has been described for neural crest derivatives. Characterisation of differences in CD44 expression may help in the diagnosis and differentiation of di...

Aberrant intra-ocular lacrimal gland tissue.

THE occurrence of aberrant lacrimal gland tissue within the eye is a great rarity and presents problems of diagnostic and embryological interest. A search of the literature has revealed only three reports of this condition. The first was that of Puech (1887), who briefly described an adenoma of the choroid in an adult female: it had the microscopic characteristics of lacrimal gland tissue, and ...

Aberrant Pancreatic Tissue in the Alimentary Tract