Primary adrenal tumours--a ten-year experience.
The experience of 31 patients with primary adrenal tumours seen in one teaching hospital over a 10-year period is reviewed. There were 10 patients who had benign cortical adenomas; 11 had adrenal cortical carcinomas, and 10 had phaeochromocytomas, one of which was malignant. During the review period, a primary adrenal mass was discovered in 5% of 2951 autopsies performed in the study institution. The diagnosis and management of these uncommon tumours is reviewed.
Meagher
A P
AP
Department of General Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Hugh
T B
TB
Casey
J H
JH
Chisholm
D J
DJ
Farrell
J C
JC
Yeates
M
M
D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed