TABLE 4.

Adrenocortical Pathologic Findings^*

	Adrenal Weight, g			Microscopic Pathology
Patient	Right	Left	Gross Pathology	Cortical Nodules	Cortical Hyperplasia	Cortical Atrophy	Fetal Cortex
1	4.2	4.7	Slightly nodular, hyperplastic dark green parenchyma	Yes	Acidophilic; cortex up to 1 mm thick	Yes	Present
2	NA	NA	NA	No	Acidophilic	Yes	Present
3	NA	NA	Cortex thickened; yellow nodules, with darker center, some extra-adrenal	Yes	Clear cell >acidophilic	Yes	Absent
4	9.5	NA	Marked increase in cortical tissue	Absent. Adenoma bilaterally	Acidophilic	No	Absent
5	3.5	4.0	Smooth outline preserved; cut surface reddish-brown with alternating tan-to-green nodules	Yes, vague	Acidophilic; cortex up to 1.2 mm thick	Yes	Present
6	3	3.2	NA	Yes	Acidophilic	Yes	Present. Cytomegaly and cortical cysts
7	1.5	2.0	R: Tan nodule, 4 × 2 × 2 cm	Yes	Clear cell >Acidophilic	Yes
8	1.8	2.0	Small yellow nodules, 2–3.5 mm. Residual cortex brown	Yes	Acidophilic	Yes	Present
9	4	Not resected	Yellow-gray cortex 0.05 cm thick	Yes	Acidophilic with cortex up to 0.6 mm thick†	Yes	Present
10	2.6	2.3	Cortices slightly thickened	Yes	Clear and acidophilic	Yes	Absent

^*Patients 1 through 9 had Cushing syndrome and McCune-Albright syndrome. Patient 10 had Cushing syndrome, but not McCune-Albright syndrome.

^†Prominent accumulations of zona glomerulosa-type cells around periphery of gland.

NA indicates not available; R, right.