Adrenal tumors

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Incidences and prognoses of adrenal tumors.[1]

Adenoma versus carcinoma

The most common adrenal tumors are adrenocortical adenomas and carcinomas. These are most commonly distinguished by the Weiss system,[2] as follows:[3]

Characteristic[3] Score
High nuclear grade (enlarged, oval to lobated, with coarsely granular to hyperchromatic chromatin and easily discernible, prominent nucleoli)[4] 1
More mitoses than 5/50 high power fields 1
Atypical mitoses 1
Eosinophilic cytoplasm in >75% of tumor cells 1
Diffuse architecture of >33% of tumor 1
Necrosis 1
Venous invasion 1
Sinusoidal invasion (no smooth muscle in wall) 1
Capsular invasion 1

Total score indicates:[3]

  • 0-2: Adrenocortical adenoma
  • 3: Undetermined
  • 4-9: Adrenocortical carcinoma

Other adrenal tumors

Reporting

For cancers, generally include a synoptic report, such as per College of American Pathologists (CAP) protocols at cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines.

Notes

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References

  1. Data and references for pie chart are located at file description page in Wikimedia Commons.
  2. Wang, Cuiping; Sun, Yang; Wu, Huanwen; Zhao, Dachun; Chen, Jie (2014). "Distinguishing adrenal cortical carcinomas and adenomas: a study of clinicopathological features and biomarkers ". Histopathology 64 (4): 567–576. doi:10.1111/his.12283. ISSN 03090167. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aye, Than Than; Myint, Phone; Myint, Kyar Nyo Soe (2015). "Adrenocortical Oncocytoma Presenting with Gynaecomastia ". Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 30 (1): 27–30. doi:10.15605/jafes.030.01.08. ISSN 08571074. 
  4. Tito Fojo. Adrenocortical Cancer. Retrieved on 2020-07-02.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gupta S, Melendez J, Khanna A (2010). "Deoxycorticosterone producing tumor as a cause of resistant hypertension. ". Case Rep Med 2010: 372719. doi:10.1155/2010/372719. PMID 20671982. PMC: 2909735. Archived from the original. . 
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