title: Tumours of the adrenal gland and paraganglia.
abstract: This classification is arranged in two parts in order to take into account the different origins, structures, and functions of the cortex and medulla. The tabular classification is a simplified version of that suggested for adrenal tumours in man, and includes cortical adenoma and carcinoma, phaeochromocytoma, chemodectoma, neurofibroma, ganglioneuroma and ganglioneuroblastoma, and neuroblastoma. A detailed functional classification is not given, since the hormonal activity of many adrenal tumours in animals is less well known than it is in man. Of the tumour-like lesions listed, cortical hyperplasia is particularly important in several species.
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D002838:Chromaffin System; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010233:Paraganglia, Chromaffin; D012756:Sheep