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tappet (iou) and adrenal mass (medicine)


tappet (iou)



tappet noun. M18.
[App. from TAP verb2 + -ET1.]
A projecting arm or part in a machine, which intermittently makes contact with another part (esp. a cam) when the machine moves, so as to give or receive motion.

adrenal mass (medicine)


adrenal mass
<radiology> Metastasis, most common (especially lung, melanoma), primary adenocarcinoma, large at diagnosis (greater than 5 cm), usually functional (increased corticosteroids most likely to be Cushing's), rapid growth, benign adrenal adenoma, with or without functional, nonfunctional occurs in 2-8% of population, diff from metastasis: MRI (metastasis bright on T2), biopsy, follow, pheochromocytoma, neuroblastoma, myelolipoma, cyst / pseudocyst see also: adrenal calcification, haemorrhage