A Case report of adrenocortical carcinoma of adrenal gland

NM Noori; A Mohamadipoor; mehdi jahantigh; MR Tohidi; F Kakeri; mojgan jahantigh

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A Case report of adrenocortical carcinoma of adrenal gland

Author(s):

NM Noori^1,*,

A Mohamadipoor²,

mehdi jahantigh³,

MR Tohidi¹,

F Kakeri⁴,

mojgan jahantigh⁵

1Pediatric Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

2Surgery Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

3Pathology Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

4General Physician, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

5Ali ebne abitaleb, Head nurse, Zahedan Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 9, issue 1; e94817

Published online:Jan 24, 2007

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 18, 2006

Accepted:Jan 05, 2007

How to Cite:NM NooriA Mohamadipoormehdi jahantighMR TohidiF Kakerimojgan jahantighet al.A Case report of adrenocortical carcinoma of adrenal gland.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.9(1):e94817.

Abstract

Primary neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are rare in children and differ from their counterparts
in term of clinical characteristics. The studies revealed that prognosis of these tumors are not as
bad as previous expectation. Differentiation between adenoma and carcinoma adrenal tumors in
the absence of metastasis to other organs is impossible. The survival of the patients depends on the
age, being longer in children under 5 years old. The utilization of imaging surveys particularly CT
scan and MRI facilitated the investigation of the children with early puberty and Cushing’s
syndrome. However a combination of clinical finding and imaging methods is required.
Case report: the patient was a 4.5 months old infant with Cushing’s syndrome who presented
with generalized edema. She was suspected to have adrenocortical neoplasm and subjected to the
operation of left side adrenalectomy. The diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination of
the patient biopsy.

Keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasm's

Adrenocortical carcinoma

syndrome

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