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- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Sustentacular Cell
- Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
- Cortical Adenoma
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Mangray, S., DeLellis, R.A. (2009). Adrenal Embryology and Pathology. In: Blake, M., Boland, G. (eds) Adrenal Imaging. Contemporary Medical Imaging. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-560-2_1
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