Sentences with phrase «adrenal tumors associated»

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Li - Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a genetic disorder associated with an increased risk of developing several forms of cancer, including soft tissue sarcoma, breast cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, brain tumors and adrenal gland tumors.

In their study, rapamycin improved the following age - associated phenotypes: hepatic lipidosis, atypical nuclei in cardiomyocytes, endometrial cystic hyperplasia, adrenal tumors, changes in mechanical tendon properties, and reduced motor activity levels.

The most common hormone produced by pituitary tumors stimulates the adrenal cortex leading to clinical signs associated with overstimulation of these glands (hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing's disease).

Tumors of the pituitary gland, which produce the hormone (ACTH), results in over-stimulation of the adrenal cortex, leading to clinical signs associated with adrenal cortical hormone excess.

Rosenthal KL, Peterson ME, Quesenberry KE, Hillyer EV, Moroff SD, N. Beeber N, Lothrop CD: Hyperadrenocorticism associated with adrenocortical tumor or nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal gland in ferrets: 50 cases (1987 - 1991).