K. Egoshi, Motoyuki Masai, Koichi Nagao, Haruo Ito
1999.5.1UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS
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A woman presented with a history of weight loss and muscle weakness and a laboratory test revealed hypokalemia and elevation of plasma 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC), which showed a DOC-producing adrenocortical carcinoma.
Abstract
The clinical features and natural history of adrenocortical carcinoma are highly dependent on the type of center reporting their experience. Observations from oncology services suggest a high incidence of nonfunctioning tumors, whereas reports from endocrine clinics emphasize excessive corticoid and androgen production in the majority of tumors. The incidence rate and natural history of childhood adrenal carcinoma generally has been under emphasized.
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EGOSHI, K., et al. 11-Deoxycorticosterone-producing adrenocortical carcinoma. UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS, 1999, 61: 251–253.