[Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of patients with adrenocortical carcinoma].

Purpose: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare condition associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of 7 patients with ACC.

Patients And Methods: The clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment, and survival of 7 patients with pathologically confirmed ACC treated at our institution between January 2002 and December 2012 were retrospectively examined.

[Amyloidosis of the urethra: a case report].

A 26-year-old man was introduced to our hospital with a complaint of macrohematuria. Endoscopic examination showed a small tumor in the anterior urethra. Microscopic examination of a biopsy specimen taken under lumbar anesthesia showed amyloid deposition in the urethral submucosa.