Author(s)

Murat Atmaca, Saliha Yıldız, Işılay Kalan, Mehmet Fatih Özbay, Deniz Yılmaz, Müge Kara Tanrıtanır, Mustafa Öztürk

Department of Pathology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, ?stanbul, Turkey.
Van Education and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Van, Turkey.
Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Van, Turkey.

Introduction: Oncocytic neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are extremely rare and are usually nonfunctioning. Only a little more than fifty cases have been described in the literature. Case Presentation: We report the case of an adrenocortical oncocytic neoplasm with malignant potential in a 21-year-old female with co-secrete testosterone and cortisol. The patient had been operated of adrenal mass. Fallowing operation, the Cushing’s syndrome and high testosterone levels resolved. Conclusion: In our knowledge this is the first case in the l?terature which co-secret cortizol and testosterone in malign oncystoma.

Oncocytoma; Cortisol; Testosterone

M. Atmaca, S. Yıldız, I. Kalan, M. Fatih Özbay, D. Yılmaz, M. Kara Tanrıtanır and M. Öztürk, "Functioning Adrenocortical Oncocytic Carsinoma: A Case Report," Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2013, pp. 42-45. doi: 10.4236/ojemd.2013.31006.