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CARCINOMA, ADRENAL CORTICAL
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Descriptor
English
:
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Descriptor
Spanish
:
carcinoma corticosuprarrenal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Carcinoma Adrenocortical
Synonyms
English
:
Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
Adrenal Cortical Carcinomas
Adrenocortical Carcinomas
Carcinoma, Adrenal Cortical
Carcinoma, Adrenocortical
Carcinomas, Adrenal Cortical
Carcinomas, Adrenocortical
Tree Number:
C04.557.470.200.025.152
C04.588.322.078.265.750
C19.053.098.265.750
C19.053.347.500.750
C19.344.078.265.750
Definition
English
:
A malignant neoplasm of the
ADRENAL CORTEX
. Adrenocortical carcinomas are unencapsulated anaplastic (
ANAPLASIA
) masses sometimes exceeding 20 cm or 200 g. They are more likely to be functional than nonfunctional, and produce
ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES
that may result in hypercortisolism (
CUSHING SYNDROME
);
HYPERALDOSTERONISM
; and/or
VIRILISM.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with
ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS
(IM)
History Note
English
:
2005 (1994)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BS
blood supply
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SC
secondary
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UL
ultrastructure
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
31597
Unique Identifier:
D018268
Occurrence in VHL
:
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