Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Endocrine Gland Neoplasms. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Endocrine Gland Neoplasms.
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Terms
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma - A pituitary adenoma which secretes ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN, leading to CUSHING DISEASE....
Adenoma, Islet Cell - A benign tumor of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the INSULIN-producing PANCREATIC B...
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms - Tumors or cancers of the ADRENAL CORTEX....
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the ADRENAL GLANDS....
Adrenocortical Adenoma - A benign neoplasm of the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is characterized by a well-defined nodular lesion, usual...
Adrenocortical Carcinoma - A malignant neoplasm of the ADRENAL CORTEX. Adrenocortical carcinomas are unencapsulated anaplastic ...
Carcinoma, Islet Cell - A primary malignant neoplasm of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the non-INSULIN-prod...
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - Carcinoma that arises from the PANCREATIC DUCTS. It accounts for the majority of cancers derived fro...
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the ENDOCRINE GLANDS....
Gastrinoma - A GASTRIN-secreting neuroendocrine tumor of the non-beta ISLET CELLS, the GASTRIN-SECRETING CELLS. T...
Glucagonoma - An almost always malignant GLUCAGON-secreting tumor derived from the PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS. It is c...
Granulosa Cell Tumor - A neoplasm composed entirely of GRANULOSA CELLS, occurring mostly in the OVARY. In the adult form, i...
Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma - A pituitary tumor that secretes GROWTH HORMONE. In humans, excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE leads to ACRO...
Insulinoma - A benign tumor of the PANCREATIC BETA CELLS. Insulinoma secretes excess INSULIN resulting in HYPOGLY...
Leydig Cell Tumor - Gonadal interstitial or stromal cell neoplasm composed of only LEYDIG CELLS. These tumors may produc...
Luteoma - An ovarian neoplasm composed of LUTEAL CELLS derived from luteinized GRANULOSA CELLS and THECA CELLS...
Meigs Syndrome - The triad of benign FIBROMA or other ovarian tumors with ASCITES, and HYDROTHORAX due to large PLEUR...
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia - A group of autosomal dominant diseases characterized by the combined occurrence of tumors involving ...
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 - A form of multiple endocrine neoplasia that is characterized by the combined occurrence of tumors in...
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a - A form of multiple endocrine neoplasia characterized by the presence of medullary carcinoma (CARCINO...
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b - Similar to MEN2A, it is also caused by mutations of the MEN2 gene, also known as the RET proto-oncog...
Nelson Syndrome - A syndrome characterized by HYPERPIGMENTATION, enlarging pituitary mass, visual defects secondary to...
Ovarian Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the OVARY. These neoplasms can be benign or malignant. They are classified accor...
Pancreatic Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the PANCREAS. Depending on the types of ISLET CELLS present in the tumors, vario...
Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes - Syndromes resulting from inappropriate production of HORMONES or hormone-like materials by NEOPLASMS...
Parathyroid Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the PARATHYROID GLANDS....
Pituitary Neoplasms - Neoplasms which arise from or metastasize to the PITUITARY GLAND. The majority of pituitary neoplasm...
Prolactinoma - A pituitary adenoma which secretes PROLACTIN, leading to HYPERPROLACTINEMIA. Clinical manifestations...
Sertoli Cell Tumor - Gonadal neoplasm composed entirely of SERTOLI CELLS or may have a component of GRANULOSA CELLS. Some...
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor - A sex cord-gonadal stromal tumor consists of LEYDIG CELLS; SERTOLI CELLS; and FIBROBLASTS in varying...
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor - A sex cord-gonadal stromal tumor consists of LEYDIG CELLS; SERTOLI CELLS; and FIBROBLASTS in varying...
Somatostatinoma - A SOMATOSTATIN-secreting tumor derived from the pancreatic delta cells (SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS...
Testicular Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the TESTIS. Germ cell tumors (GERMINOMA) of the testis constitute 95% of all tes...
Thecoma - A gonadal stromal neoplasm composed only of THECA CELLS, occurring mostly in the postmenopausal OVAR...
Thyroid Neoplasms - Tumors or cancer of the THYROID GLAND....
Thyroid Nodule - A small circumscribed mass in the THYROID GLAND that can be of neoplastic growth or non-neoplastic a...
Vipoma - A tumor that secretes VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE, a neuropeptide that causes VASODILATION; relaxa...
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Coronary Disease
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
