title: Coexistence of an adrenocortical carcinoma with an abdominal ganglioneuroma in a child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gent, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smets
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mortelé
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Wever
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Praet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunnen
mesh_terms: 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