Adrenal: Malignant Tumours: Difference between revisions

Created page with "== Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) == === '''Pathogenesis''' === * '''Classification: genetic vs. sporadic''' * '''Sporadic''' ** '''Cause of sporadic ACC remains unknown''' * '''Genetic''' ** '''Syndromes associated with ACC (6):''' **# '''Li-Fraumeni syndrome''' **# '''Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome''' **# '''Lynch syndrome''' **# '''Carney complex''' **# '''MEN-1''' **# '''McCune-Albright syndrome''' === Diagnosis and Evaluation === ==== '''History and Physical Exam..."
 
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== Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) ==
== Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) ==


=== '''Pathogenesis''' ===
=== Pathogenesis ===


* '''Classification: genetic vs. sporadic'''
* '''Classification: genetic vs. sporadic'''
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=== Diagnosis and Evaluation ===
=== Diagnosis and Evaluation ===


==== '''History and Physical Exam''' ====
==== History and Physical Exam ====


* '''History'''
* '''History'''
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=== '''Pathology''' ===
=== '''Pathology''' ===


* '''Modified Weiss criteria (5):§''' '''Nectrotic''' '''ACC''' '''Metastasizes'''
* '''Modified Weiss criteria (5):§''' '''Necrotic''' '''ACC''' '''Metastasizes'''
*# '''Necrosis'''
*# '''Necrosis'''
*# '''Abnormal mitoses'''
*# '''Abnormal mitoses'''