title: [Testosterone-producing adrenal carcinoma: report of 2 cases].
abstract: We report two women aged 48 and 65 years old with hirsutism and a painful abdominal mass. Laboratory assessment showed serum testosterone levels of 500 and 321 ng/dl (normal values below 110 ng/ml). Abdominal CAT scans showed an adrenal mass in both patients. The younger woman was subjected to a surgical resection, the tumor relapsed two years later and the patient died. The other woman died during the first hospitalization. Adrenal tumors infrequently secrete testosterone as described in these two patients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Endocrinología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile (Campus Sur), Hospital Barros Luco-Trudeau, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liberman
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone