Giant nonfunctioning adrenal tumors: two case reports and review of the literature

Giant nonfunctioning adrenal tumors: two case reports and review of the literature

Abstract Background There are an estimated 1–2 cases per million per year of adrenocortical carcinoma in the USA. It represents a rare and aggressive malignancy; it is the second most aggressive endocrine malignant disease after anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Non-secretory adrenal masses are diagnose...

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Main Authors: George Chatzoulis, Ioannis Passos, Dimitra-Rafailia Bakaloudi, Dimitrios Giannakidis, Alexandros Koumpoulas, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, Dimitrios Pappas, Panagiotis Spyridopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Nonfunctioning
Adrenal tumors
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)
Adrenalectomy
Case report
Hormone secretion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1876-8

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