title: Non-Tumor Cystic Lesions of the Adrenal Gland.
abstract: Adrenal cystic lesions are uncommon but due to the improved radiologic imaging techniques their appearance seems to increase.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the clinical and radiological findings of 10 patients with adrenal cysts and the pathological features of the operative material. Standard dissection procedure and paraffin embedded tissue sections were made, stained by HE and immunohistochemically with CD34, CD 31, Factor 8, Podoplanin, CKWS and AE1/AE3 RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 40.6 years; female to male ratio was 2.3:1. All the cysts were diagnosed as cystic lesions radiologically except one. The most present clinical symptom was abdominal pain. The diameter of the cysts measured from 2 to 7 cm. Four of the cysts were diagnosed as pseudocysts and six as endothelial. Six cysts were lined by CD34(+) and CD31(+) cells, four were lined by Factor 8(+) and podoplanin(+) cells and four had no lining.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endothelial cysts were more common cysts in our study and the immunohistochemical results suggested common vascular origin to all endothelial cysts and supported additional separation of angiomatous and lymphangiomathous adrenal vascular cysts.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Janevska
authors.forename: Vlado
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Janevski
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stankov
authors.forename: Liljana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spasevska
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kostadinova-Kunovska
authors.forename: Julija
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhivadinovik
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D003560:Cysts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers