Endocrine gland neoplasm

Endocrine gland neoplasm
Specialty	Oncology, endocrinology

An endocrine gland neoplasm is a neoplasm affecting one or more glands of the endocrine system.^{[citation needed]}Examples include:

The most common form is thyroid cancer.^[1] Conditions such as pancreatic cancer or ovarian cancer can be considered endocrine tumors, or classified under other systems. Pinealoma is often grouped with brain tumors because of its location.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Thyroid cancer". Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-22.

Conditions

Benign tumors	Hyperplasia Cyst Pseudocyst Hamartoma
Malignant progression	Dysplasia Carcinoma in situ Cancer Metastasis Primary tumor Sentinel lymph node
Topography	Head and neck (oral, nasopharyngeal) Digestive system Respiratory system Bone Skin Blood Urogenital Nervous system Endocrine system
Histology	Carcinoma Sarcoma Blastoma Papilloma Adenoma
Other	Precancerous condition Paraneoplastic syndrome

Misc.

v t e Tumours of endocrine glands
Pancreas	Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor α: Glucagonoma β: Insulinoma δ: Somatostatinoma G: Gastrinoma VIPoma
Pituitary	Pituitary adenoma: Prolactinoma ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma GH-secreting pituitary adenoma Craniopharyngioma Pituicytoma
Thyroid	Thyroid cancer (malignant): epithelial-cell carcinoma Papillary Follicular/Hurthle cell Parafollicular cell Medullary Anaplastic Lymphoma Squamous-cell carcinoma Benign Thyroid adenoma Struma ovarii
Adrenal tumor	Cortex Adrenocortical adenoma Adrenocortical carcinoma Medulla Pheochromocytoma Neuroblastoma Paraganglioma
Parathyroid	Parathyroid neoplasm Adenoma Carcinoma
Pineal gland	Pinealoma Pinealoblastoma Pineocytoma
MEN	1 2A 2B

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