[A case of adrenocortical carcinoma with masculinization, obtaining long prognosis with surgical treatment alone].
A 28 year-old woman presented right upper abdominal pain. She had been pointed out her masculinization and amenorrhea. CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed right adrenal tumor. In the endocrinological study, the serum cortisol and testosterone was elevated. Transabdominal right adrenalectomy and nephrectomy was carried out and histopathological diagnosis was adrenocortical carcinoma. The masculine symptom had disappeared after the operation and she has been without recurrence for five years.
Naruoka
Takehito
T
Department of Urology, Fuji General City Hospital.
Suzuki
Hidenori
H
Ueda
Masataka
M
Kiyota
Hiroshi
H
Miki
Kenta
K
Ohishi
Yukihiko
Y
D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
D013739:Testosterone