Spontaneous rupture of a functioning adrenocortical carcinoma.
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, and it can be classified as either a functional or nonfunctional tumor. Affected patients usually present with abdominal pain or with symptoms related to the mass effect or hormonal activity of the tumor. Several cases of spontaneously ruptured nonfunctional adrenocortical carcinoma have been reported, but no case of a spontaneous rupture of functioning adrenocortical carcinoma has been described. We report a functioning adrenocortical carcinoma that spontaneously ruptured during a work-up.
Chung
Jin Ook
JO
Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Dong-gu, Gwangju, Korea.
Cho
Dong Hyeok
DH
Lee
Jae Hyuk
JH
Kwon
Dong Deuk
DD
Chung
Dong Jin
DJ
Chung
Min Young
MY
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D006728:Hormones