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Functioning Adrenocortical Tumors in Childhood

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Adrenal and Endocrine Tumors in Children

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 17))

Abstract

Neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are rare during childhood [1]. Their presentation is often a dramatic example of the effects of steroid over-production. The diagnosis is usually suspected in a child who manifests signs of adrenocortical hyperfunction, such as virilization, sexual precocity or Cushing’s syndrome.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26307, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126, USA

    G. Bennett Humphrey M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department M-305, Lilly Research Laboratories, 307 E. McCarty Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA

    Gerald B. Grindey

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Box 609, Mayo Memorial Building, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Louis P. Dehner

  4. Diabetes Research Hospital, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Room 817 1808 7th Avenue, South Brimingham, AL, 35233, USA

    Ronald T. Acton Ph.D.

  5. Department of Pathology Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26307, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126, USA

    Theodore J. Pysher

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Holcombe, J.H., Pysher, T.J., Kirkland, R.T. (1983). Functioning Adrenocortical Tumors in Childhood. In: Humphrey, G.B., Grindey, G.B., Dehner, L.P., Acton, R.T., Pysher, T.J. (eds) Adrenal and Endocrine Tumors in Children. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3891-8_12

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