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She was initially told that, to remove the pleomorphic adenoma, surgeons would have to cut out her largest salivary gland, which contains the facial nerve.

Colorectal tumors can arise from two types of pre-cancerous polyps: conventional adenomas and serrated adenomas.

Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center eventually diagnosed her with primary aldosteronism and found a small noncancerous tumor, or adenoma, in one of her adrenal glands — known to often be a cause of the condition.

The specimen, a tubular adenoma, was similar to one removed from Biden in 2008, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor, physician to the president, wrote in a memo released Wednesday by the White House.

When doctors examined her, the pituitary adenoma was so big, it "was pressing on the nerves behind my eyes".