Diseases

Oxyphilic Adenoma

A usually benign glandular tumor composed of oxyphil cells, large cells with small irregular nuclei and dense acidophilic granules due to the presence of abundant MITOCHONDRIA. Oxyphil cells, also known as oncocytes, are found in oncocytomas of the kidney, salivary glands, and endocrine glands. In the thyroid gland, oxyphil cells are known as Hurthle cells and Askanazy cells.

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A usually benign glandular tumor composed of oxyphil cells, large cells with small irregular nuclei and dense acidophilic granules due to the presence of abundant MITOCHONDRIA. Oxyphil cells, also known as oncocytes, are found in oncocytomas of the kidney, salivary glands, and endocrine glands. In the thyroid gland, oxyphil cells are known as Hurthle cells and Askanazy cells.

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  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic
  • Oncocytoma
  • Huerthle Cell Tumor
  • Hurthle Cell Tumor

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM); for entry term HURTHLE CELL TUMOR, coord IM with THYROID NEOPLASMS

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  • Adenoma (1967-1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Oxyphilic Adenoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018249. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018249
  2. Oxyphilic Adenoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncocytoma
  3. Oxyphilic Adenoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760202