Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage from Adrenocortical Carcinoma as a Poor Prognostic Factor

In most patients, adrenocortical carcinoma is diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease. A sudden retroperitoneal hemorrhage may sometimes be the first symptom of the adrenal cancer. We describe four patients with adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosed during a retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A clinical...

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Autores principales: Kasperlik-Zaluska, Anna A., Zgliczynski, Wojciech, Slapa, Rafal Z., Cichocki, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Master Publishing Group 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675071
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author Kasperlik-Zaluska, Anna A.
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description In most patients, adrenocortical carcinoma is diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease. A sudden retroperitoneal hemorrhage may sometimes be the first symptom of the adrenal cancer. We describe four patients with adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosed during a retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A clinical analysis suggests that such a complication is a poor prognostic factor.
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spelling pubmed-36146652013-05-01 Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage from Adrenocortical Carcinoma as a Poor Prognostic Factor Kasperlik-Zaluska, Anna A. Zgliczynski, Wojciech Slapa, Rafal Z. Cichocki, Andrzej Int J Biomed Sci Case Report In most patients, adrenocortical carcinoma is diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease. A sudden retroperitoneal hemorrhage may sometimes be the first symptom of the adrenal cancer. We describe four patients with adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosed during a retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A clinical analysis suggests that such a complication is a poor prognostic factor. Master Publishing Group 2008-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3614665/ /pubmed/23675071 Text en © Anna Kasperlik-Zaluska et al. Licensee Master Publishing Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage from Adrenocortical Carcinoma as a Poor Prognostic Factor
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title_short Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage from Adrenocortical Carcinoma as a Poor Prognostic Factor
title_sort retroperitoneal hemorrhage from adrenocortical carcinoma as a poor prognostic factor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614665/
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