Adrenal Cancer

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Signs and Symptoms

Adrenal cancer does not always produce symptoms. Both nonfunctioning adrenocortical carcinomas and large functioning tumors may cause the following:

Fever
Palpable (able to be felt with the fingers) abdominal mass
Persistent abdominal pain
Sensation of abdominal "fullness"
Weight loss



Additional symptoms of functioning adrenocortical carcinoma depend on which hormones are overproduced. Overproduction of androgens (e.g., dehydroepiandrosterone, estrogen) usual...Read the full article