Rare Presentation of Adrenocortical Carcinoma in a 4-Month-Old Boy

Autor: Roja Motaghedi, Elka Jacobson-Dickman, Apoorva Ravindranath Waikar, Irina Kazachkova, Prabhsimranjot Singh, Ludovico Guarini, Sonali Malhotra
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: World Journal of Oncology
ISSN: 1920-454X
1920-4531
Popis: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy and even rarer in infancy. Most of these tumors in pediatric age group are hormonally active and predominantly present with virilization. Cortisol hypersecretion presenting as Cushing syndrome is extremely rare and seen in older age groups. We report a 4-month-old infant who presented with linear growth arrest and excessive weight gain in early infancy, consequently diagnosed with ACC. On long-term follow-up for 7 years, he remained metastasis free following surgical resection and was not treated with chemotherapy. World J Oncol. 2017;8(3):81-85 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjon1036w
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