Large but Benign Adrenal Mass: Adrenal Oncocytoma

Overview

Journal Indian J Endocrinol Metab

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2012 May 26

PMID 22629525

Citations 9

Authors

Viral N Shah

A Premkumar

Rama Walia

Santosh Kumar

Uma Nahar

Anil Bhansali

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Abstract

Adrenal incidentalomas of more than 4 cm size are usually malignant. We describe a 28-year-old woman with a 7-cm, non-functioning, well-demarcated adrenal mass, which was identified as an oncocytoma on histopathological examination. Therefore, a large, non-functioning, unilateral adrenal mass with preserved tumor outline should invoke the suspicion of oncocytoma, which is invariably a benign tumor.

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