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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]
Overview
Prognosis is generally poor, and the 5-year survival rate of patients with adrenocortical carcinoma stage I-III is approximately 30%. Complication may include metastasis, Conn syndrom and Cushing syndrom
Complications
The following are the complications of Adrenocortical carcinoma:
- Cushing's syndrome-relayed complications
- Hyperglycemia
- Diabetes mellitus
- Osteoporosis
- Delayed wound healing
- Hypertension
- Myocardial infarction
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Hypercoagulable state
- Conn's syndrome
- Local and distant metastasis
- Metastases to the liver, lungs, or lymph nodes can be seen, and invasion of adjacent organs or venous extension into the renal vein and inferior vena cava may be present.[2]
- Inferior vena cava invasion has been reported in 9% to 19% of cases at presentation.[3]
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- a set of signs and symptoms that is the consequence of cancer in the body, but unlike mass effect, is not due to the local presence of cancer cells.
- In contrast, these phenomena are mediated by humoral factors (such as hormones or cytokines) excreted by tumor cells or by an immune response against the tumor.
- Tumor thrombus formation
Prognosis
Adrenocortical carcinoma, generally, carries a poor prognosis.[1]
The five-year disease-free survival rate for a complete resection of a stage I-III is approximately 30%.[1]
The most important prognostic factors are:
- Age of the patient[2]
- Stage of the tumor[3]
- Mitotic activity[4]
- Venous invasion
- Weight more than 50 Kg
- Diameter more than 6.5 cm
- Cortisol production as an adverse prognostic factor
- Ki-67/MIB1 labeling index (antigen identified by monoclonal antibody Ki-67)
- Survival ranges from a few months to several years[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allolio B, Fassnacht M (2006). "Clinical review: Adrenocortical carcinoma: clinical update". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 91 (6): 2027–37. PMID 16551738. Free Full Text.
- ↑ Libé R, Borget I, Ronchi CL, Zaggia B, Kroiss M, Kerkhofs T; et al. (2015). "Prognostic factors in stage III-IV adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC): an European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumor (ENSAT) study". Ann Oncol. 26 (10): 2119–25. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdv329. PMID 26392430.
- ↑ Gonzalez RJ, Tamm EP, Ng C, Phan AT, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Perrier ND; et al. (2007). "Response to mitotane predicts outcome in patients with recurrent adrenal cortical carcinoma". Surgery. 142 (6): 867–75, discussion 867-75. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.006. PMID 18063070.
- ↑ Miller BS, Gauger PG, Hammer GD, Giordano TJ, Doherty GM (2010). "Proposal for modification of the ENSAT staging system for adrenocortical carcinoma using tumor grade". Langenbecks Arch Surg. 395 (7): 955–61. doi:10.1007/s00423-010-0698-y. PMID 20694732.
- ↑ Hermsen IG, Gelderblom H, Kievit J, Romijn JA, Haak HR (2008). "Extremely long survival in six patients despite recurrent and metastatic adrenal carcinoma". Eur J Endocrinol. 158 (6): 911–9. doi:10.1530/EJE-07-0723. PMID 18505909.