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Figure 2. CT scan (AG) or NMR (H) of adrenal glands in patients with primary AD. Minuscule adrenal glands (arrows) in a patient with autoimmune AD in the context of APS type 1 (A) and in one with APS type 2 (B). Normal adrenal glands (arrows) in a patient with isolated autoimmune AD (C), and in a patient with potential AD (2 yr before the onset of clinical AD) (D). Minuscule adrenal glands in a patient with long standing AD (10 yr after diagnosis) in the context of APS type 2 (E). Adrenal bilateral calcifications with enlarged left adrenal gland (arrow) in a patient with AD caused by tuberculosis (F). Bilateral adrenal masses in a patient with AD caused by adrenal bilateral adenocarcinoma (G). [Courtesy of Dr. L. Benedetti from the Department of Imaging, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy]. NMR of adrenal glands in a patient with AD showing a hyperplasia of left adrenal (arrows) due to congenital adrenal hyperplasia (H). [Courtesy of Dr. M. Cappa, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy]. CT scan of the brain in a patient with APS type 1: symmetrical basal calcifications (I).
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