Isolated Clinical Syndrome of Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Autor:	K. Weingärtner, A. Bittinger, R. Leppek, J. Rosai, Elmar W. Gerharz, Hubertus Riedmiller
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Adrenal cortex Urology Adrenalectomy medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Malignancy Hyperaldosteronism Primary aldosteronism medicine.anatomical_structure Carcinoma medicine Adrenocortical carcinoma Conn Syndrome business
Zdroj:	Urologia Internationalis. 55:232-235
ISSN:	1423-0399 0042-1138
Popis:	Primary carcinoma of the adrenal cortex is an extremely rare neoplasm, accounting for an estimated 0.05-0.2% of all malignancies. Hormonally functioning tumors occur in about 50% of patients with Cushing's syndrome (50%), 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 in computed tomography. We report a rare case of a 29-year-old man with biochemically proven primary aldosteronism as the unique manifestation of a carcinoma of the right adrenal cortex.
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