Adrenal Cancer: the Complexity of Early Diagnosis (Clinical Case)
Abstract
Significant progress in the development of methods of radiation diagnosis has led to a sharp increase in the frequency of detection of tumors in different organs. Adrenal cancer is one of the important and complicated diagnostic and treatment plan sections of Oncology. Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant adrenal tumors is extremely difficult. Especially, if at the time of detection of the neoplasm are no ≪classic≫ symptoms of adrenocortical cancer: the size of education more than 4 cm in diameter, irregular contours and heterogeneous structure of the hearth, high density on CT study, secondary changes in the liver and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. Attention is a rare clinical case of cancer of the adrenal gland in clinical practice.
About the Authors
Ol’ga V. Andreeva
Clinical Oncologic Hospital, Voronezh Regional
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Ultrasonic Diagnostics
Mariya A. Vasil’eva
Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A. I. Evdokimov, Ministry of Healthcare of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. Med., Docent of Department of Radiology
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For citations:
Andreeva O., Vasil’eva M. Adrenal Cancer: the Complexity of Early Diagnosis (Clinical Case). Radiology - Practice. 2017;(4):36-40. (In Russ.)
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