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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maryam Hadipour, M.D.[2]

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A CT of the adrenal glands can be used to check for structural abnormalities of the adrenal glands.

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A CT of the adrenal glands can be used to check for structural abnormalities of the adrenal glands. A normal adrenal gland has a cumulative thickness of the body and the limbs of 15.6 ± 3.7 mm and 18.4 ± 3.8 mm on the right and left sides, respectively.

The bilateral atrophy of the adrenal gland is shown in the following figure:[1]

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  1. Inaba H, Ariyasu H, Iwakura H, Kurimoto C, Ueda Y, Uraki S, Takeshima K, Furukawa Y, Morita S, Nakayama Y, Ohashi T, Ito H, Nishimura Y, Akamizu T (April 2020). "Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 and autoimmune hepatitis with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis: case report". BMC Endocr Disord. 20 (1): 47. doi:10.1186/s12902-020-0498-5. PMC 7140544 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 32264857 Check |pmid= value (help).

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