Successful treatment of an adrenocortical carcinoma.

Carcinomas of the adrenal cortex show a high degree of malignancy. Although one would expect their endocrinal activity to permit early diagnosis, reports of complete cures are rare, despite radical removal of the primary tumour. We are reporting on the case of a boy, born in 1965, who 12 years after removal of a carcinoma from the left adrenal cortex may be regarded as cured.