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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Adenocarcinoma > Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Endocrine System Diseases > Adrenal Gland Diseases > Adrenal Cortex Diseases > Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms > Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Endocrine System Diseases > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Adrenal Gland Neoplasms > Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms > Adrenocortical Carcinoma
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Adrenal Gland Neoplasms > Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms > Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Endocrine System Diseases > Adrenal Gland Diseases > Adrenal Gland Neoplasms > Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms > Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Preferred term

Adrenocortical Carcinoma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
  • Adrenal Cortical Carcinomas
  • Carcinoma, Adrenal Cortical
  • Carcinoma, Adrenocortical
  • Carcinomas, Adrenal Cortical

Note

  • coordinate IM with ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2005 (1994)

In other languages

  • lisämunuaisen kuorikerroksen karsinooma

    Finnish

  • lisämunuaisen kortikaalinen karsinooma
  • lisämunuaisen kuorikerroksen syöpä
  • lisämunuaiskuoren karsinooma
  • lisämunuaiskuoren syöpä
  • lisämunuaiskuorisyöpä
  • malign tumör i binjurebarken
  • neoplasma malignum corticis glandulae suprarenalis
  • Adrenokortikalt karcinom

    Swedish

  • Carcinom, adrenokortikalt

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018268

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