title: [A case of adrenocortical carcinoma with masculinization, obtaining long prognosis with surgical treatment alone].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Fuji General City Hospital.
authors.forename: Takehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruoka
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiyota
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohishi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone