Adrenocortical carcinoma history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]

Overview

Symptoms of adrenocortical carcinoma include symptoms of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, or estrogen excess.

Common Symptoms

All patients with suspected adrenocortical carcinoma should be carefully evaluated for signs and symptoms of hormonal syndromes. This may include the followings:

1- Glucocorticoid excess symptoms include:

2- Androgen excess symptoms (most readily noted among females) include:

3- Mineralcorticoid excess symptoms include:

4- Estrogen excess symptoms (most readily noted in males) include:

5- Other symptoms may include:[1]

  • Abdominal mass
  • Abdominal or back pain
  • Abdominal fullness

Less Common Symptoms

Rarely, catecholamines excess has been reported in adrenocortical cancers symptoms include:[2]

References

  1. National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015.http://www.cancer.gov/types/adrenocortical/patient/adrenocortical-treatment-pdq#section/_1
  2. Richard Cote, Saul Suster, Lawrence Weiss, Noel Weidner (Editor). Modern Surgical Pathology (2 Volume Set). London: W B Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-7253-1.

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