Endocrine Abstracts

Most of adrenocortical tumors (ACT) are benign and non-functioning tumors, in contrast to adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC), which are rare and usually very aggressive tumors with a poor prognosis. The pathological discrimination between adrenocortical adenomas (ACA) and ACC is mainly based on unspecific and subjective histological features, resulting in inaccurate diagnosis in several cases. Numerous studies have previously described the potential value of immunohistochemistry ...