[A case of adrenocortical carcinoma with masculinization, obtaining long prognosis with surgical treatment alone]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2002 Mar;93(3):499-503. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.93.499.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 28 year-old woman presented right upper abdominal pain. She had been pointed out her masculinization and amenorrhea. CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed right adrenal tumor. In the endocrinological study, the serum cortisol and testosterone was elevated. Transabdominal right adrenalectomy and nephrectomy was carried out and histopathological diagnosis was adrenocortical carcinoma. The masculine symptom had disappeared after the operation and she has been without recurrence for five years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / complications*
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Amenorrhea / etiology
  • Carcinoma / complications*
  • Carcinoma / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Sex Characteristics*
  • Testosterone / blood

Substances

  • Testosterone