Diagnostic dilemma for an adrenal mass: perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm versus adrenocortical carcinoma

Amos N Liew¹, Niyaz Naqash^{1

2}, Asiri Arachchi^{1

2}, Ian Simpson³, John Slavin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anatomical Pathology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Amos N Liew et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;91(10):2207-2209.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16648. Epub 2021 Feb 6.

Amos N Liew¹, Niyaz Naqash^{1

2}, Asiri Arachchi^{1

2}, Ian Simpson³, John Slavin⁴

¹ Department of Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anatomical Pathology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

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