Feminizing Adrenocortical Carcinoma Without Gynecomastia
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Feminizing Adrenocortical Carcinoma Without Gynecomastia.
Malignant feminizing adrenocortical tumors are exceedingly rare. Their main presentation is gynecomastia. In these estrogen secreting tumors (with or without other adrenocortical hormones) lack of gynecomastia is exceptional as in our case. A 44-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. Radiological assessment revealed a tumor measuring 120 × 95 mm in the retroperitoneal area with numerous me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oman Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1999-768X,2070-5204
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2017.66