Coexistence of an adrenocortical carcinoma with an abdominal ganglioneuroma in a child.
We report a 3-year, 5-month-old boy with an adrenocortical carcinoma. These tumours are rare and highly malignant in childhood. In most cases they are functional, secreting adrenocortical hormones. In this case there was a misleading coexistence with a second abdominal neoplasm, which was a ganglioneuroma; this is a rare benign tumour arising from the sympathetic nervous system. The imaging investigations and their findings are discussed and correlated with pathology.
Smets
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gent, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
Mortelé
K
K
De Wever
N
N
Benoit
Y
Y
Praet
M
M
Kunnen
M
M
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed