Drs. Prolla and Diehl's INTERESTING CASE OF THE MONTH February 2008 case A
FNA left adrenal of 24-year old female with Cushing“ syndrome: well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, notice the regularity of cellular sizes and shapes, with the exception of one larger cell, M-G-G staining, 500x

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, M-G-G staining, 500x, notice the relative regularity of cellular sizes and shapes

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, M-G-G staining, 500x, notice the relative regularity of cellular sizes and shapes

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, M-G-G staining, 500x,notice the regularity of cellular sizes and shapes, with the exception of one larger cell with an intranucelar vacuole

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, M-G-G staining, 500x, notice the regularity of cellular sizes and shapes

Well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, M-G-G staining, 500x, notice the relative regularity of cellular sizes and shapes, with the exception of one larger cell



The patient had a 12cm in diameter well differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, with a cytological presentation undistinguishable from adenomas.
Compare this case with a poorly differentiated adrenocortical carcinoma, to see the completely different cytological presentation


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