Paediatric Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Extension up to Right-Side Heart: Cardiac Surgery Approach
Joint Authors
Iezzi, Federica
Quarti, Andrea
Surace, Chiara
Pozzi, Marco
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-07-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy.
Due to late diagnosis and no adequate effective adjuvant treatment, prognosis remains poor.
Only approximately 30% of these malignancies are confined to the adrenal gland when they are diagnosed, as these tumors tend to be found years after their genesis.
Cardiac involvement of adrenal carcinoma is very rare.
We report a rare case of a 7-year-old female with right adrenal cortical carcinoma, involving the right-side heart.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Iezzi, Federica& Quarti, Andrea& Surace, Chiara& Pozzi, Marco. 2016. Paediatric Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Extension up to Right-Side Heart: Cardiac Surgery Approach. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100298
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Iezzi, Federica…[et al.]. Paediatric Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Extension up to Right-Side Heart: Cardiac Surgery Approach. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100298
American Medical Association (AMA)
Iezzi, Federica& Quarti, Andrea& Surace, Chiara& Pozzi, Marco. Paediatric Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Extension up to Right-Side Heart: Cardiac Surgery Approach. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100298
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1100298