Spontaneous rupture of a functioning adrenocortical carcinoma

Yonsei Med J. 2010 Nov;51(6):974-7. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.6.974.

Abstract

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, and it can be classified as either a functional or nonfunctional tumor. Affected patients usually present with abdominal pain or with symptoms related to the mass effect or hormonal activity of the tumor. Several cases of spontaneously ruptured nonfunctional adrenocortical carcinoma have been reported, but no case of a spontaneous rupture of functioning adrenocortical carcinoma has been described. We report a functioning adrenocortical carcinoma that spontaneously ruptured during a work-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / complications*
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma / complications*
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Hormones / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Hormones