Ovary, Benign adrenocortical rest [LMP87791]

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Diagnostic Modality: 
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Disease Category: 
Normal State
Diagnosis: 
Benign adrenocortical rest in ovary
Species: 
Human
Organ System: 
Female Genital Tract
Gender: 
Female
Age: 
46 years
Diagnosis Code: 
ICD-10: N83.8
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Carrigan, S., Latta, E.

Keywords

ectopic tissue, adrenocortical tissue, non-neoplastic, adrenal

Clinical History

Salpingoophorectomy for ovarian cyst, small yellow nodule noted on gross examination and sampled.

Clinical Discussion

Ectopic adrenal cell rest can be found anywhere in the genitourinary tract, most commonly around the kidneys and retroperitoneum, in paratesticular tissue in males and, rarely in fallopian tubes and ovaries in females.

Grossly they are well-circumscribed yellow nodules of variable sizes. Histologically, three layers of the adrenal cortex are present without medullary cells.

It is usually an incidental finding with no clinical significance. This patient had a salpingoophorectomy for mature cystic teratoma, adrenocortical rest was an incidental finding.

See related content for references:

1) Khandakar, B., et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Oct; 9(10): ED13–ED14.

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Khandakar, B., et al. Ectopic Paratubal Adrenal Cell Rest Associated with Mucinous Cystadenoma of Ovary. J Clin Diagn Res....