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Adrenal cortical carcinoma: Case report
Author(s) -
Sipio James C.,
Rohner Thomas J.,
Drago Joseph R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930310112
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , adrenocortical carcinoma
Adrenal cortical carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor, comprising only 0.02 to 0.04% of all cancers [Nader et al, Cancer 52:707–11, 1983; Didolkar et al, Cancer 47:2153–61, 1981; Hajjar et al, Cancer 35:549–54, 1975]. The mean age of presentation for females is 36.6 years and for males, 48 years. In general, women have a higher percentage of functioning adrenal tumors. Functional tumors are hormonally active with excess steroid production in serum and urine with associated clinical signs and symptoms.