Adrenocortical carcinoma classification

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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

Adrenocortical carnioma may be classified into functional or nonfunctional subtypes based on hormone production and well, intermediate, poorly differentiated or anaplastic subtypes based on histology.

Classification

Adrenocortical carcinomas are classified as:

1- Depend on hormon production:

• Functional
• Nonfunctional

2- Depend on histology:

• Well differentiated
• Intermediate differentiated
• Poorly differentiated
• anaplastic