What are Adrenocortical Neoplasms?

Adrenocortical Neoplasms
a) A coronal T1-weighted magnetic resonance image showing a large right adrenal tumor (arrow). b) A photomicrograph of the adrenal tumor showing neoplastic growth of atypical eosinophilic cells with a solid or alveolar growth pattern with moderate cellular pleomorphism. No apparent necrosis or invasive growth can be seen. HE stain, original magnification ×200. c) A photomicrograph of immunohistochemical staining for p53 showing none of the tumor cells was positive. Original magnification ×400. Coincident choroid plexus carcinoma and adrenocortical tumor in an infant: Yoshida K, Sato K, Kitai R, Hashimoto N, Kubota T, Kikuta K - Brain tumor pathology (2012). Not altered. CC.

Adrenocortical neoplasms are tumors of the adrenal cortex that may be functioning or non-functioning.

Examples of adrenocortical neoplasms include:

  • Adrenocortical adenomas
  • Adrenal myelolipomas 
  • Adrenocortical carcinomas