A pregnant patient with adrenocortical carcinoma: Case report
dc.contributor.author | Kotteas, E. A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ioachim, E. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.creator | Kotteas, E. A. | en |
dc.creator | Ioachim, E. | en |
dc.creator | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:53:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:53:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/42049 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Coexistence of an adrenocortical carcinoma and pregnancy is extremely rare with only 25 described cases so far, and has a poor prognosis. Case Report: We report the case of a 28-year-old patient with adrenocortical carcinoma initially presenting with Cushing's syndrome and pre-eclampsia in the 22nd week of gestation, treated in our department. She underwent adrenalectomy, but eventually died from metastatic disease. We focus on existing treatment options and concerns for this rare malignancy during pregnancy. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and surgery are the cornerstones for better outcome. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Onkologie | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | Cisplatin | en |
dc.subject | Doxorubicin | en |
dc.subject | Etoposide | en |
dc.subject | Human | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Adult | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Cancer combination chemotherapy | en |
dc.subject | Cancer survival | en |
dc.subject | Computer assisted tomography | en |
dc.subject | Fatigue | en |
dc.subject | Treatment outcome | en |
dc.subject | Human tissue | en |
dc.subject | Cancer surgery | en |
dc.subject | Neoplastic | en |
dc.subject | Pregnancy | en |
dc.subject | Pregnancy complications | en |
dc.subject | Pregnant woman | en |
dc.subject | Cancer mortality | en |
dc.subject | Overall survival | en |
dc.subject | Preeclampsia | en |
dc.subject | Obesity | en |
dc.subject | Immunohistochemistry | en |
dc.subject | Case report | en |
dc.subject | Cancer size | en |
dc.subject | Cesarean section | en |
dc.subject | Gestational age | en |
dc.subject | Multiple cycle treatment | en |
dc.subject | Ascites | en |
dc.subject | Vimentin | en |
dc.subject | Proteinuria | en |
dc.subject | Nephrectomy | en |
dc.subject | Cancer cell | en |
dc.subject | Headache | en |
dc.subject | Cd56 antigen | en |
dc.subject | Synaptophysin | en |
dc.subject | Hydrocortisone | en |
dc.subject | Multimodality cancer therapy | en |
dc.subject | Scoring system | en |
dc.subject | Cancer invasion | en |
dc.subject | Mononuclear cell | en |
dc.subject | Adrenal cancer | en |
dc.subject | Adrenal cortex carcinoma | en |
dc.subject | Adrenal cortex neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | Adrenalectomy | en |
dc.subject | Ascites fluid cytology | en |
dc.subject | Calretinin | en |
dc.subject | Corticotropin | en |
dc.subject | Corticotropin blood level | en |
dc.subject | Cushing syndrome | en |
dc.subject | Echography | en |
dc.subject | Fibrosis | en |
dc.subject | Hydrocortisone blood level | en |
dc.subject | Hydrocortisone urine level | en |
dc.subject | Hypercortisolism | en |
dc.subject | Inhibin | en |
dc.subject | Ketoconazole | en |
dc.subject | Maternal hypertension | en |
dc.subject | Melan a | en |
dc.subject | Mitosis | en |
dc.subject | Mitotane | en |
dc.subject | Multinuclear cell | en |
dc.subject | Peritoneum metastasis | en |
dc.subject | Tumor ablation | en |
dc.title | A pregnant patient with adrenocortical carcinoma: Case report | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1159/000341830 | |
dc.description.volume | 35 | |
dc.description.issue | 9 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 517 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 519 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Pavlidis, Nicholas [0000-0002-2195-9961] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-2195-9961 |
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