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- Adrenocortical oncocytomas are extremely rare tumors, with only 23 cases documented in the literature, mainly being benign and nonfunctioning.
- A specific case is presented involving a young woman who was diagnosed after a pathological examination of a removed adrenal mass.
- The paper discusses this individual case in detail and reviews existing literature on these uncommon tumors.
Article Abstract
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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