An Aldosterone Secreting Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Adrenal carcinoma is a rare disease and has a poor prognosis. The incidence is estimated as one case per 1.7 million, accounting for 0.02% of cancers and 0.2% of all cancer deaths. About 79% of adrenal carcinoma is functional and most common functional tumor is Cushing's syndrome. Primary aldosteronism due to adrenal carcinoma is very rare. In most cases with evidence of mineralocorticoid excess and hypokalemia due to adrenal carcinoma, there are also signs of abnormalities in glucocorticoid or androgen secretion. We report a case of aldosterone secreting adrenal cortical carcinoma in a 52 years old female patient.