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Adrenal cortical carcinoma. Clinicopathologic study of 34 cases
Author(s) -
Huvos A. G.,
Hajdu S. I.,
Brasfield R. D.,
Foote F. W.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197002)25:2<354::aid-cncr2820250212>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , carcinoma , surgery , pediatrics , pathology
The clinicopathologic findings in 34 patients with primary adrenal cortical carcinoma treated at Memorial and James Ewing Hospitals, from 1935 to 1967, have been analyzed and compared with cases in the literature. This tumor predominantly afflicts women. The average admission age (38 years) of the female patients studied was approximately 7 years younger than that of the males. The female patients survived 0.9 years longer on an average than the males. Thirty of the 34 patients died with the disease. Of the remaining 4 patients, 3 are still alive with the disease more than 5 years after the initial diagnosis and one patient was lost to follow‐up. The 30 patients who died with the disease lived on the average of 3 years from the time of first presenting symptoms. Symptomatology, treatment, laboratory data, the gross and microscopic findings, and progression of the disease are discussed.