Adrenal glands

System Endocrine
SNOMED CT 181127006

Adrenal glands

Definition

Either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine[BTO].

Also known as glandula adrenalis, glandula suprarenalis — per UBERON

The Adrenal glands is a part of the Endocrine.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Acute adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Addison's disease Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Addison's disease Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal cortex carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal cortex carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal cortex neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland ganglioneuroblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland ganglioneuroblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland myelolipoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland myelolipoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland neuroblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland neuroblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal medulla cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal medulla neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal medullary hyperplasia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal medullary hyperplasia Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenocortical insufficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenocortical insufficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Aldosterone-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Aldosterone-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of adrenal gland Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of adrenal gland Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of adrenal medulla Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of adrenal medulla Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase deficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase deficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cortisol-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cortisol-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Malignant adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Malignant adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Dexamethasone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Fludrocortisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Hydrocortisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Methylprednisolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prasterone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prednisolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prednisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Triamcinolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

8 entries above are marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred them by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts these links directly. Treat them as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Adrenalectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0