Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Childhood Adrenocortical tumours (ACTs) are rare neoplasms of the adrenal glands, accounting for 0.2% of all childhood cancers. Cases are mainly sporadic, but some mutations have been identified. ACTs are usually benign unilateral adenomas, but rare malignant carcinomas have poor prognosis. We present a case of adrenal insufficiency following a unilateral adrenalectomy for a functioning adrenocortical adenoma in a child.Case: A 15 month old...