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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2011 Dec 19;351(1):66–70. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.12.008

Table 1.

Summary of features in past medical history and family history suggesting the presence of hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) patients.

Features suggesting the presence of a hereditary cancer susceptibility syndrome in ACC patients
Personal history
 Metachronous ACC
 Bilateral ACC
 Multiple primary tumors in organs other than the adrenal gland
 Other rare cancers in the same patient
 Development of ACC from prior known precursor lesion
 ACC diagnosed during childhood
 Other congenital defects
 Other endocrine diseases (e.g. pHPT)
 Cutaneous lesions commonly found in hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes
Family History
 Unusual high number of family members affected with cancers
 Family history of ACC
 Family history of other rare cancers
 Family history of known hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes