[Malignant non-secreting cortico-adrenalomas. Four cases (author's transl)].
In three of these four cases of malignant tumour of the adrenal cortex, a prolonged fever and a major inflammatory syndrome were the presenting features. The precise diagnosis was made before surgery only once. In two cases, it was a surgical discovery (one patient operated upon with a false diagnosis and another with no precise diagnosis). In the last case, the malignant tumour of the cortex was discovered at autopsy. The chief characteristics of these tumours are reviewed: rare ; presenting with chest pain, a mass in the hypochondrium, metastases, or general symptoms, possibly high and prolonged fever. The prognosis is gloomy, the majority  of patients dying the six months which follow the operation.
D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
Cortico-surrénalomes malins non-sécrétants révélés par une fièvre prolongée. Quatre cas.