Feminizing Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Distant Metastases: Can Surgery Be Considered?
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Feminizing Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Distant Metastases: Can Surgery be Considered?
Functioning adrenocortical carcinomas are rare diseases with dismal prognosis. A 41-year-old man presenting with gynecomastia had a giant feminizing adrenocortical carcinoma at stage IV. Although surgical resection was controversial, we removed the primary tumor to reduce the mass effects. He lived for 12 months with an acceptable quality of life. Gynecomastia may be the first sign of feminizin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics and Practice
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2039-7283
DOI: 10.4081/cp.2014.651