of, or produced in, the cortex of the adrenal glands
adrenocortical in American English
(əˌdrinouˈkɔrtɪkəl)
adjective
of, pertaining to, or produced by the cortex of the adrenal gland
Word origin
[1935–40; adreno- + cortical]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bingo, fluorocarbon, hard core, prime mover, roomette
Examples of 'adrenocortical' in a sentence
adrenocortical
Investigations revealed well-defined capsulated left adrenocortical carcinoma.
Nikhil Gupta, Umesh Bansal, Neha Mahajan, Maha Singh Yadav 2011, 'Abdominal wall metastasis in scar after open resection of an adrenocortical carcinoma',Clinics and Practicehttps://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/365. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Several cases of intrarenal adrenocortical carcinoma have been reported, although they are very rare.
Ji Hee Lee, Young Deuk Choi, Nam Hoon Cho 2018, 'An Intrarenal Adrenocortical Carcinoma Arising in an Adrenal Rest', Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicinehttp://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2018-07-20.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
About 20% of adrenocortical oncocytic neoplasms show malignant components.
Oğuzcan Erbatu, Ayça Tan, Talha Müezzinoğlu 2018, 'Oncocytic Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report', Üroonkoloji Bültenihttp://uroonkolojibulteni.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/oncocytic-adrenocortical-carcinoma-a-rare-case-rep/18432. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Left adrenalectomy was performed and the pathological diagnosis was confirmed as myxoid adrenocortical neoplasm.
Hiroki Fukuhara, Vladimir Bilim, Hiroya Ohtake, Yoshie Yahagi, Yoshihiko Tomita 2013, 'A case of myxoid adrenocortical neoplasm: computed tomography and magnetic resonanceimaging characteristics', Rare Tumorshttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4900. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both of them were diagnosed as having a nonfunctioning adrenocortical carcinoma and underwent open adrenalectomy.
George Chatzoulis, Ioannis Passos, Dimitra-Rafailia Bakaloudi, Dimitrios Giannakidis,Alexandros Koumpoulas, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, Dimitrios Pappas,Panagiotis Spyridopoulos 2018, 'Giant nonfunctioning adrenal tumors: two case reports and review of the literature',Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1876-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fifty-seven percent of patients with adrenocortical suppression had short stature while 50% had obesity.
M Mantan, R Grover, S Kaushik, S Yadav 2018, 'Adrenocortical suppression in children with nephrotic syndrome treated with low-dosealternate day corticosteroids', Indian Journal of Nephrologyhttp://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2018;volume=28;issue=3;spage=203;epage=208;aulast=Mantan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The final diagnosis was bilateral adrenocortical adenomas, which were secreting aldosterone and cortisol independently.
Seung-Eun Lee, Jae Hyeon Kim, You-Bin Lee, Hyeri Seok, In Seub Shin, Yeong Hee Eun,Jung-Han Kim, Young Lyun Oh 2015, 'Bilateral Adrenocortical Masses Producing Aldosterone and Cortisol Independently',Endocrinology and Metabolismhttp://e-enm.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2008ENM/enm-30-607.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, we aimed to report a case of adrenocortical oncocytoma presenting withhirsutism.
Serap Baydur Sahin, Ahmet Fikret Yucel, Recep Bedir, Sabri Ogullar, Teslime Ayaz,Ekrem Algun 2014, 'Testosterone- and Cortisol-Secreting Adrenocortical Oncocytoma: An Unusual Cause ofHirsutism', Case Reports in Endocrinologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/206890. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Final pathologic diagnosis was benign adrenocortical adenoma without capsular invasion.
Sedighe Moradi, Mohammadreza Shafiepour, Alireza Amirbaigloo 2016, 'A Woman with Normotensive Primary Hyperaldosteronism', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5502. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)