Open AccessGiant suprarenal tumor
Author(s) -
Hang Lin,
YuLin Kao,
WanRu Chao,
SungLang Chen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
urological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1879-5234
pISSN - 1879-5226
DOI - 10.1016/j.urols.2012.07.002
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , pathological , hounsfield scale , differential diagnosis , radiology , adrenal gland , computed tomographic , pathology , computed tomography
Adrenal tumors evoke considerable interest and represent various diagnostic challenges. Adrenal tumors can be stratified into adrenal medullary and adrenocortical tumors. Approximately 60% of adrenocortical tumors are hormonally active and show specific signs and symptoms. Patients with a nonfunctioning adrenal tumor usually present with abdominal discomfort due to the mass effect of the tumor. An imaging feature that differentiates benign from malignant adrenal neoplasms is the tumor size. Thus, for the differential diagnosis of adrenal lesions, measurement of the Hounsfield units on an unenhanced computed tomographic scan is of great value when differentiating malignant from benign lesions. Herein, we describe a young female patient who presented with a huge left suprarenal tumor. She underwent complete resection of the adrenal tumor. The final pathological diagnosis was an adrenocortical carcinoma. There has been no evidence of recurrence for the last 4 years