Functioning Adrenocortical Tumors in Children-Secretory Behavior
Author(s) -
Ghazi Ali Asghar Mirsaeid,
M. I. Djafar,
Salehian Mohamad-Taghi,
Alireza Amirbaigloo,
Zare Khandan,
Bahar Jafari,
Rahimi Farzaneh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.835
Subject(s) - virilization , medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate , hormone , cushing syndrome , adrenarche , testosterone (patch) , endocrinology , pathological , androgen
Adrenocortical tumors are rare childhood neoplasms. More than 95% are functional and present with virilization, Cushing's syndrome, hypertension, or hyperestrogenism. The objective of this paper is to present the clinical, laboratory and pathological findings of this rare disease and to highlight the secretory behavior of these tumors.
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