... or the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Incidence Adrenocortical tumors encompass a spectrum of diseases with often seamless ... adenoma) to malignant (carcinoma) behavior. The incidence of adrenocortical tumors in children is extremely low (only 0.2% ...

... does not make more hormones than normal). Most adrenocortical tumors are functioning. The hormones made by functioning tumors ... feeling of fullness in the abdomen. A nonfunctioning adrenocortical tumor may not cause signs or symptoms in the ...

... the tumor. The differentiation of benign and malignant adrenocortical tumors can be achieved by determination of the Weiss ... Carcinoma Treatment Standard treatment options for stage I adrenocortical carcinoma ... surgical removal of the tumor is the treatment of choice for patients with ...

... and Paraganglioma Treatment for more information. Most childhood adrenocortical tumors occur during the first 5 years of life, ... the same type of cancer as the primary tumor . For example, if adrenocortical carcinoma spreads to the liver , the cancer cells ...

... Allshouse MJ, Garrington TP. Simultaneous occurrence of right adrenocortical tumor and left adrenal neuroblastoma in an infant with ...

... molecular pathways associated with adrenal hyperplasias and related adrenocortical tumors. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009; 300 :152–7. [ PMC ...

... The childhood tumor spectrum was characterized by osteosarcomas, adrenocortical carcinomas, CNS tumors, and soft tissue sarcomas (present in 23%–30% ...