adrenocortical carcinoma (acc) is a rare tumor and usually a fatal disease which can develop at any age in either sex. differential diagnosis between malignant and benign adrenal mass is not easy which leads to significant clinical challenge for optimal treatment. here we report a 22-year-old woman diagnosed with primary hyper aldostronism initially but disease relapsed during six months and ma...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the treatment outcome of arterial embolization in adrenal tumor MATERIAL AND METHOD Clinical records of patients with adrenal tumor who underwent adrenal arterial embolization with pre- and post-embolization computed tomography (CT) imaging at Siriraj Hospital, between 2007 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Five sessions of embolization were performed in ...

Primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. Here, we report the case of a primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma in an 81-year-old woman. Computed tomography showed a right adrenal tumor (7 cm). There were no abnormal findings on physical examination and her serum adrenal hormone levels were normal. However, 67Gallium scintigraphy showed gallium accumulation at the site of a right adrena...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic resection for malignant adrenal tumors is controversial, because they are rare and limited data exist in the literature. HYPOTHESIS Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for malignant adrenal tumors is safe and effective. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-three patients who had a laparoscopic approach for suspected and unsuspected malignant adrenal tumors were studied retrospectively...

OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on tumor recurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS The prospective study included 143 pituitary tumor patients as study subjects. Within 6 months after the operation, the study was planned to explore differences (if any) between the tumor recurren...

A 7-yr-old girl presented with isosexual precocious puberty secondary to a feminizing adrenal adenoma. The adrenal tumor was found to express aromatase messenger ribonucleic acid. Enzyme kinetic studies revealed a high level of aromatase activity in the adrenal tumor, with a K(m) of 45 nmol/L and a maximum velocity of 25.6 pmol/mg.h. Aromatase activity was approximately 500-fold higher in the t...

taneous rupture of adrenal tumor, such as pheochromocytoma, adrenal cortical carcinoma and adrenal myelolipoma. To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one case of adrenal metastatic tumor that caused spontaneous rupture (1). Because most extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinomas occur in patients with an advanced intrahepatic tumor stage, the first manifestation as spontaneous rupture o...

Background: We report a case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) mimicking a left adrenal tumor. Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female was referred to our hospital for the treatment of left adrenal tumor of 2.8 × 2.3 cm incidentally found during her annual checkup. The preoperative diagnosis based on upper gastroscopy and imaging complete examinations was nonfunctional left adrenal tumor...