COEXISTENCE OF AN ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA WITH AN ABDOMINAL GANGLIONEUROMA IN A CHILD

We report a 3-year, 5-month-old boy with an adrenocortical carcinoma. These tumours are rare and highly malignant in childhood. In most case s they are functional, secreting adrenocortical hormones. In this case there was a misleading coexistence with a second abdominal neoplasm, which was a ganglioneuroma; this is a rare benign tumour arising from the sympathetic nervous system. The imaging investigations and their f indings are discussed and correlated with pathology.