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Adrenocarical carcinoma
Contributed by Dr PARAMESWARAN.R. V ( Consultant, MANIPAL HOSPITAL, BANGALORE )
Mrs Premamma, 56yrs old lady
got admitted with c/o of fatigue and early satiety since one month. There was no
h/o loss of appetite, vomiting, weight loss, malena, hematuria or back pain.
No h/o hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis or bronchial asthma.
Underwent hysterectomy 15 yrs ago for DUB.
On examination- no pallor, icterus, oedema, right supraclavicular hard node
Vitals normal.
P/a- mobile mass right lumbar region, hepatomegaly.
Investigations-
Chest x-ray – unremarkable
CT neck, chest and abdomen pelvis- neoplastic left renal mass with
extensive nodal and hepatic metastasis. There is metastasis in right adrenal and
left iliac bone. No lung nodule seen.
USG guided liver FNAC- smear shows fibrin and leucocytes. No
malignant cells seen.
FNAC right supraclavicular node- smear shows cellular aspirate
with clumps of small cells with round nucleus. Mild nuclear pleomorphism noted.
No nuclear grooves/ nuclear inclusions seen. Possibility of a thyroid lesion
suggested.
Bone scan- findings suggestive of skeletal metastases involving 3rd rib
and bilateral iliac bones. There was increased uptake of tracer in the left
supra renal mass suggestive of extensive possible calcification? cause Left
supra renal mass warrants further evaluation.
Blood reports-
Serum calcium- 8.6 mg/dl
LDH- 274 IU/ml
AFP- 2.9 ng/ml
Hb- 9.1 g/dl
CEA- 1.10 ng/ml
Alp-189 IU/ml
USG guided liver trucut biopsy- shows fragments of tumour
and liver tissue. Tumour shows cells with round uniform nucleus and trabecular
pattern of arrangement. Cells express vimentin, pan CK is focally positive.
Negative for CD10 and synaptophysin.
Impresssion- Adrenal cortical carcinoma.
COMMENTS: 56yr old lady initially was worked up as case of left renal cell
carcinoma based on the CT findings as blood reports were unremarkable. Bone scan
revealed a possible calcification in the left supra renal mass. It was finally
confirmed by trucut biopsy as to site of primary being adrenal cortical
carcinoma.
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