title: Spontaneous rupture of adrenocortical carcinoma.
abstract: Massive hemorrhage from an adrenocortical carcinoma seldom occurs in the retroperitoneal or abdominal cavity. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of primary adrenocortical carcinoma occurring in an adolescent. A right adrenalectomy with complete removal of the tumor was performed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beppu
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isiko
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Katsutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Chitoshi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takamori
authors.forename: Kei-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous