Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Archives of Disease in Childhood logoLink to Archives of Disease in Childhood
. 1978 Apr;53(4):341–342. doi: 10.1136/adc.53.4.341

Late functioning adrenocortical carcinoma in a 5-year-old girl.

H B Marsden, P M Jones, P D Lees, I M Hann
PMCID: PMC1544868  PMID: 646449

Abstract

A 5-year-old with adrenocortical carcinoma presented with acute paraplegia. The tumour was initially nonfunctioning but finally showed rapid dissemination and the patient then developed Cushingoid features and virilisation.

Full text

PDF
341

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Craig W. P., Jr, Hawkins I. F., Jr, Kaude J. V. Selective adrenal venography in an infant with virilizing adrenal cortical carcinoma. Pediatr Radiol. 1975 Jan 24;3(1):53–54. doi: 10.1007/BF00973368. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Fraumeni J. F., Jr, Miller R. W. Adrenocortical neoplasms with hemihypertrophy, brain tumors, and other disorders. J Pediatr. 1967 Jan;70(1):129–138. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(67)80179-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Hutter A. M., Jr, Kayhoe D. E. Adrenal cortical carcinoma. Clinical features of 138 patients. Am J Med. 1966 Oct;41(4):572–580. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(66)90219-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Jorgensen H., Norman N., Sundsfjord J. A. Scintigraphy with 131I-19-iodocholesterol in adrenal disease. Acta Med Scand. 1975 May;197(5):345–351. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1975.tb04932.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. LIPSETT M. B., HERTZ R., ROSS G. T. CLINICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA. Am J Med. 1963 Sep;35:374–383. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(63)90179-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Lewinsky B. S., Grigor K. M., Symington T., Neville A. M. The clinical and pathologic features of "non-hormonal" adrenocortical tumors. Report of twenty new cases and review of the literature. Cancer. 1974 Mar;33(3):778–790. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197403)33:3<778::aid-cncr2820330325>3.0.co;2-t. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. RAPAPORT E., GOLDBERG M. B., GORDAN G. S., HINMAN F., Jr Mortality in surgically treated adrenocortical tumors. II. Review of cases reported for the 20 year period 1930-1949, inclusive. Postgrad Med. 1952 Apr;11(4):325–353. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1952.11694257. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Stewart D. R., Jones P. H., Jolleys A. Carcinoma of the adrenal gland in children. J Pediatr Surg. 1974 Feb;9(1):59–67. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(74)90010-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Archives of Disease in Childhood are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES