Bilateral deoxycorticosterone-secreting adrenocortical adenoma

Int J Urol. 1996 Nov;3(6):494-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00583.x.

Abstract

A case of a 58-year-old man with bilateral deoxycorticosterone (DOC)-secreting adrenocortical adenoma is reported. Before surgery, plasma levels of DOC and corticosterone were markedly elevated, but both adrenal hormone levels normalized after the surgical removal of the bilateral adrenal tumors. The histologic examination revealed bilateral adrenocortical adenoma, but curiously, the tissue concentrations of DOC and corticosterone were elevated only in the right adrenal gland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Adrenocortical Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenocortical Adenoma / metabolism*
  • Desoxycorticosterone / blood
  • Desoxycorticosterone / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Desoxycorticosterone