Bilateral adrenal gland enlargement
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The differential for bilaterally enlarged adrenal glands (adrenomegaly) is relatively limited:
- adrenal hyperplasia
- adrenal metastases
- adrenal haemorrhage
- venous infarction of the adrenal glands
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adrenal involvement with granulomatous diseases
- adrenal histoplasmosis 5,6
- adrenal lymphoma
- primary pigmented nodular adrenal dysplasia (PPNAD): usually the glands are normal in size, but nodular; in older patients they may be enlarged 1
- adrenal pheochromocytoma: especially when familial (e.g. in multiple endocrine neoplasia type II) 4
- +<li><a title="venous infarction of the adrenal glands" href="/articles/venous-infarction-of-the-adrenal-glands">venous infarction of the adrenal glands</a></li>
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