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A case of ectopic fetal adrenal cortex in the lung of a newborn is reported. Cytomegaly was present in the ectopic as well as in the normally situated adrenal tissue. The literature and the presumed embryological origin of this anomaly are reviewed.
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Bozic, C. Ectopic fetal adrenal cortex in the lung of a newborn. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 363, 371–374 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00447848
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