Macrotumor suprarrenal diagnosticado por tomografía axial computarizada: experiencia clínica en 33 casos / Adrenal macrotumor diagnosed by computarized tomography: clinical experience in 33 cases

ABSTRACT

Thirty three patients aged 9 to 86 years old, 15 female, with an adrenal macrotumor diagnosed by CAT scan, were analized. Thirty percent of tumors were functioning (70 percent secreted cathecolamines and 30 percent cortisol). Eighty two percent had an adrenal localization and 18 percent were para-adrenal. Thirty four percent were malignant. These tumors were mostly non functioning, 70 percent occured in men and 67 percent were metastatic. Most adrenal macrotumors in this series were non functioning and 36 percent were malignant