Spontaneous rupture of adrenocortical carcinoma.
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.
Suyama
Koichi
K
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Beppu
Toru
T
Isiko
Takatoshi
T
Sugiyama
Shin-ichi
S
Matsumoto
Katsutaka
K
Doi
Koichi
K
Masuda
Toshiro
T
Ohara
Chitoshi
C
Takamori
Hiroshi
H
Kanemitsu
Kei-ichiro
K
Hirota
Masahiko
M
Baba
Hideo
H
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