Adrenal and Kidney Conditions

Adrenal incidentalomas in cancer patients are not always "innocent": A case report and review of the literature - Abstract

Herein, we report an unusual case of a 78-year-old woman with synchronous presentation of sigmoid cancer and a nonfunctioning primary adrenal cortex carcinoma, who developed superior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymphadenopathy from the latter malignancy.

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Treatment with docetaxel and cisplatin in advanced adrenocortical carcinoma, a phase II study - Abstract

Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease with a poor response to chemotherapy.

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Surgery for adrenocortical carcinoma in the Netherlands: Analysis of national cancer registry data - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease with an estimated incidence of 1-2 cases per 1 million inhabitants.

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AUA 2013 - Poster: Presence of coexisting hybrid malignancy in a solitary sporadic solid benign renal mass: Implications for managing patients following renal biopsy

SAN DIEGO, CA USA (UroToday.com) - Urologic literature contends that up to 20% of oncocytomas coexist as hybrid tumors with adjacent malignant pathology.

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Cystic lesions of the adrenal gland: Our experience over the last 20 years - Abstract

Cystic lesions of the adrenal gland are uncommon, often presenting with nonspecific clinical and radiologic findings, and are thus underrecognized.

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AUA 2013 - Slide Presentation: The metastatic potential of retroperitoneal tumors: Analysis and comparison of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), and retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) cohorts from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)

SAN DIEGO, CA USA (UroToday.com) - Presented by Daniel Canter, Katherine Mallin, Brian Egleston, Jay Simhan, Marc C. Smaldone, Robert J. Canter, Paul L. Crispen, Gennady Bratslavsky, Robert G. Uzzo, and Alexander Kutikov at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting - May 4 - 8, 2013 - San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, California USA

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Non-functioning adrenocortical carcinoma arising in an adrenal rest: Immunohistochemical study of an adult patient - Abstract

Adrenal rest is uncommon in adults, and usually represents a small lesion incidentally detected during surgery or autopsy.

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Caveats in imaging of adrenal masses-incidentalomas: Can we diagnose adrenocortical carcinoma by imaging modalities? - Abstract

Adrenocortical masses are common and are in general called "incidentalomas".

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Overall survival and development of stage IV chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing partial and radical nephrectomy for benign renal tumors - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although partial nephrectomy (PN) has been associated with improved renal function compared with radical nephrectomy (RN) for renal cell carcinoma, the impact on overall survival (OS) remains controversial.

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