Gynecomasty as a first sign of adrenal carcinoma - case report

Abstract

We present a case of 50 year-old man with feminizing adrenal carcinoma. He was admitted to the hospital because of weekness and one year history of gynecomastia and high blood presure. Examinations revealed a large left adrenal mass and increased levels of estradiol. Patient underwent adrenalecomy and followed by mitotan therapy as the result of histopathological examination was adrenocortical carcinoma. One year after operation patient stays free from the recurence of the disease and his estradiol, androstendion and DHEA levels are below the detection limits.
We report this case because feminizing adrenal carcinoma is a very rare but serious disease and gynecomastia that could be its manifestation is quite frequent symptom in men’s population and thus it could easily be missed. In every case of gynecomastia related to estradiol excess feminizing tumors of testis and adrenal gland should be ruled out.