Two weeks later, on Monday, April 1, she was diagnosed with stage three
adrenal carcinoma, a rare disease caused by cancerous cells in the adrenal - or hormone - glands.
A Rare Mimicker of an
Adrenal Carcinoma: Co-occurrence of Hemorrhagic Pseudocyst and Myelolipoma.
Adrenal carcinoma with intravenous extension into the tricuspid valvular plane in a patient with patent foramen ovale.
The differential diagnoses include neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, adrenal hemorrhage, granulomatous disease/infection, lymphoma, and
adrenal carcinoma.
A case of androgen-secreting
adrenal carcinoma with non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
20 (31.7%) had Cushing's syndrome, 4 (6.3%) had primary aldosteronism, 5 (7.9%) had
adrenal carcinoma, and 4 (6.3%) had pheochromocytomas.
Robertson, "Hyperaldosteronism from
Adrenal Carcinoma," British Medical Journal, vol.
Histopathological examination of the adrenalectomy specimens revealed bilateral
adrenal carcinoma with sarcomatous component.
In conclusion, ovarian teratoma and metastatic
adrenal carcinoma are two unusual causes of IO in cattle.
The patient had pre-operative fine needle biopsy suggestive of RCC without any clinical sign of
adrenal carcinoma. However, per operative the mass seemed to be of adrenal origin and was distinct from kidney which was preserved.
The use of an immunohistochemical panel, including EMA, cytokeratins, CD10, inhibin, S100 protein, NSE, and chromogranin has been proposed for the differential diagnosis of renal HBL versus CCRCC,
adrenal carcinoma, and paraganglioma.
Primary
adrenal carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, aggressive malignancy arising from the adrenal cortex.
