... types of lesions. Surgical margins (SMs) were tumor free in 95.2% of the patients. Moreover, SMs were tumor free in all patients with adrenocortical carcinomas; however, positive margins were noted in 7 of 23 patients (30.4%) with malignant adrenal tumors. Conclusions: The present findings support...

...Serkan Keskin; Faruk Taş; Sezai Vatansever Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (AC). Methods: Twenty-four patients (10 females and 14 males) diagnosed with AC between 1998...

...Dexin Dong; Hanzhong Li; Weigang Yan; Zhigang Ji; Quanzong Mao Objective: To study the relationship between surgical management and prognosis of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) in order to guide the surgical management of ACC. Methods: Clinical data of 45 cases of ACC treated in our hospital were...

...%), virilism (30%) and feminization (12%) being the most common clinical manifestations. Isolated aldosteronism caused by adrenocortical carcinoma is found in about 1–3% in patients with the clinical signs of Conn’s syndrome. The only preoperative feature suggesting malignancy is a size of more than 5 cm...

...Toshitsugu Oka; Kenzo Onoe; Kenji Nishimura; Akira Tsujimura; Hideki Sugao; Minato Takaha; Akihiko Kurata A 62-year-old Japanese male with an erythropoietin-producing adrenocortical carcinoma is presented. The elevated erythropoietin level and erythrocytosis returned to normal after surgical...

...Ismet Yavascaoglu; Mert Yilmaz; Yakup Kordan Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm. We present the case of a 51-year-old male patient with a left-sided ACC admitted to hospital with ipsilateral flank pain, weight loss, difficulty in breathing, abdominal discomfort...

... cancers, which are often multiple. This is the first reported association of adrenocortical carcinoma in Werner syndrome. 13 08 2001 6 05 2002 19 2 2004 © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel 2004 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

.... The histological and immunohistochemical diagnosis showed a DOC-producing adrenocortical carcinoma. This cancer is very rare; only 10 cases including the present case have appeared in the literature. 2 6 1999 1999 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...