Open AccessGrowth Patterns of Placental and Paraovarian Adrenocortical Heterotopias Are Different
Author(s) -
H. Zhong,
Bo Xu,
Dorota Popiolek
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6781
pISSN - 2090-679X
DOI - 10.1155/2013/205692
Subject(s) - histogenesis , heterotopia (medicine) , medicine , pathology , hilum (anatomy) , anatomy , immunohistochemistry
Two cases of adrenocortical heterotopia are reported. One is in a full-term placenta. The other is adjacent to the ovarian hilum of an adult. Both are incidental findings. Despite sharing similar histological and immunological features, they show different growth patterns. The literature is reviewed and adrenocortical heterotopias of different locations are compared. New hypotheses of its histogenesis are discussed.
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