A case of adrenocortical tumor coexisted with paragangliomas

We report a case of adrenocortical tumor that coexisted with paragangliomas . A 35-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of left upper ab dominal pain. A palm-sized mass was palpated at left upper quadrant. Hormon al studies revealed the features of pheochromocytoma. An emergency operatio n was performed because hemorrhage of the tumor was suspected. A 10 cm diam eter ruptured mass was found in the left adrenal area and other tumors were also noted adjacent to inferior vena cava (IVC). The pathologic report rev ealed that the adrenal mass was an adrenocortical tumor with hemorrhagic ne crosis and that the tumors adjacent to IVC were paragangliomas. This was th e first case of adrenocortical tumor with paragangliomas in our Medline sea rch result, hence we report the case with a review of the literature.