Treatment of adrenal tumours
Adrenal cortical carcinoma
Adrenal cortical carcinoma is a malignant tumour of the adrenal gland arising from the outer layer of the gland known as the adrenal cortex. It is a very rare tumour (1 to 2 cases per year per million of the population).
Phaeochromocytoma
Phaeochromocytomas are tumours of the chromaffin tissue located in the adrenal medulla. When these tumours arise from chromaffin tissue in sympathetic ganglia outside the adrenal, they are usually known as paragangliomas.