Adrenocortical carcinoma with extension into inferior vena cava and right atrium: report of 3 cases in children

Pediatr Radiol. 1990;20(3):166-8; discussion 169. doi: 10.1007/BF02012963.

Abstract

We present three cases of adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare tumor in children, with extension into the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. The diagnosis is facilitated by use of ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma / pathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*