A Functioning Adrenocortical Oncocytoma

Oh, Won‐Seok; Chung, Jin‐Ho; Kwon, Joonbeom; Kwon, Tae Gyun; Kim, Jeong-Sik; Yoon, Gil Sook

doi:10.4111/kju.2009.50.4.401

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“…Only seven cases of functional adrenal oncocytomas have been reported in the English literature, with one additional case in the Korean literature (Table 1). 2,4,5,[8][9][10][11] It is often challenging to differentiate benign from malignant adrenal cortical tumors. The most widely used histologic criteria for the diagnostic categorization of adrenocortical tumors was proposed by Bisceglia, which were modified from Weiss's system for nononcocytic adrenocortical tumors.…”

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“…3 To date, only 25 cases and 4 cases of the adrenal gland have been reported in the English literature and domestic Korean literature, respectively. 4,5 Most of the reported cases were benign and nonfunctional, except for seven cases of functional adrenal oncocytomas. 4 Herein, we report on a rare case of functional adrenocortical oncocytoma of the adrenal gland with an uncertain malignant potential in a patient with hypertension.…”

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Functional Adrenocortical Oncocytoma: A Case Report of Rare Neoplasm of Uncertain Malignant Potential

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Adrenocortical oncocytoma is a rare adrenal neoplasm with only 25 cases having been reported in the English medical literature, of which only seven were functional tumors. Since these adrenal tumors are usually nonfunctional, they are mostly incidentally detected, and most of them are benign. Herein, we report on a rare case of a functional adrenocortical oncocytoma of an uncertain malignant potential and this tumor was located in the left adrenal gland in a 59-year-old woman who presented with hypertension. The tumor size was large with foci of necrosis in the cut surface and it exclusively had oncocytic histologic features.

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