adrenal tumour

A nonspecific term for a circumscribed mass of the adrenal gland, which is used by radiologists before histopathological assessment, and by oncologists when discussing the mass with a patient. Adrenal tumours include:
(1) Adrenocortical adenoma, see there;
(2) Adrenocortical adenocarcinoma, see there;
(3) Phaeochromocytoma;
(4) Metastases;
(5) Abscesses.

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In these five years total 29 patients presented with adrenal tumour Of these, 13 had adrenocortical carcinoma.

A clinical study and treatment results of adrenocortical carcinoma patients presented in Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore

Once the adrenal tumour had been removed, a full laparotomy was performed.

Unexpected intra-operative diagnosis of a large cystic phaeochromocytoma and secondary nifedipine pharmacobezoar

The adrenal tumour was removed but the metastasis was deemed unresectable.

Phaeochromocytoma in black South Africans--a 30-year audit

Prognostic factors in stage III-IV adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC): an European Network for the Study of Adrenal tumour (ENSAT) study.

The impact of patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors on survival in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma

[7] In our case, brain CT scan revealed senile cortical atrophic without any enlargement of the pituitary fossa which ruled out any pituitary tumour and diagnosis of adrenal tumour was confirmed by CECT abdomen.

Perioperative anaesthesia management of a patient with Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocortical carcinoma: a case report

High degree of accuracy in the evaluation of malignancy by microscopic examination of adrenal tumour has been achieved, helping in easy treatment, and follow up of the patient and also to present emerging evidence concerning the adrenocortical tumorigenesis in order to address the issue of an adenoma-carcinoma sequential progression as well as to further elucidate the incompletely understood pathophysiology of this aggressive neoplasm.

A histomorphological study of paediatric adrenal tumours

The adrenal tumour is usually high and has a medial extension, making its blind dissection an undesired option and may not allow real proper complete surgical removal.

Open adrenalectomy for medium sized adrenocortical tumour: how I do it?

However, intraoperative separation was very difficult; therefore, adrenal tumour resection, resection of the pancreatic body and tail, left nephrectomy and splenectomy were carried out.

Adult adrenal ganglioneuroblastoma: a rare case report

The patient underwent laparoscopic unilateral adrenal tumour resection plus ipsilateral adrenalectomy.

Pathologic analysis, diagnosis and treatment of adrenal myelolipoma

Disease prevalence based on our findings is likely to be accurate as it is estimated from a large adrenal tumour data bank at one of the largest adrenal disease centres in China.[sup.14]-[sup.16] However, ethnic differences that may reflect the prevalence of ALT in other regions of the world fall outside the scope of this study.

The diagnosis and treatment of primary adrenal lipomatous tumours in Chinese patients: A 31-year follow-up study

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has been a standard procedure since the early 1990s for most patients with surgical adrenal tumour.[sup.1] The conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy (CLA) uses 3 or 4 ports, most commonly 1 12-mm and 2 or 3 5-mm ports.

Patient-reported satisfaction and cosmesis outcomes following laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy vs. conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy