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Adrenocortical Oncocytoma — A Rare Tumor of Undefined Malignant Potential: Report of a Case

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Adrenocortical oncocytomas are exceptionally rare. To our knowledge, only 23 cases have been reported in the world literature, most of which were benign and nonfunctioning. We report a case of adrenocortical oncocytoma diagnosed by pathological examination of an extirpated right adrenal mass in a young woman. We discuss this case and review the literature on this unusual entity.

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  1. Fourth Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Exohi, 570 10, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitrios Botsios, Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Konstantinos Tsalis & Dimitrios Betsis

  2. Department of Histopathology, General Regional Hospital “George Papanikolaou,”, Exohi, 570 10, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Anthoula Asimaki

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Botsios, D., Blouhos, K., Vasiliadis, K. et al. Adrenocortical Oncocytoma — A Rare Tumor of Undefined Malignant Potential: Report of a Case. Surg Today 37, 612–617 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-006-3458-4

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