Surgical treatment of adrenocortical tumors: 21 cases (1990-1996)

J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2001 Jan-Feb;37(1):93-7. doi: 10.5326/15473317-37-1-93.

Abstract

Twenty-four adrenocortical tumors were surgically removed from 21 dogs. Histopathological examination confirmed 18 carcinomas and six adenomas. Four dogs died in the perioperative period. Fifteen of the 17 dogs that survived the perioperative period had long-term resolution of their clinical signs. Two dogs with incompletely resected tumors were treated with mitotane to control their clinical signs. Overall median Kaplan-Meier life-table survival for dogs with carcinomas was 778 days (range, one to 1,593 days). Median survival for dogs with adenomas was not reached (range, 11 to 730 days). Histopathological diagnosis, histopathological cellular features, age of the dog, and tumor size were not prognostic of outcome.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / mortality
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Adrenocortical Adenoma / mortality
  • Adrenocortical Adenoma / surgery
  • Adrenocortical Adenoma / veterinary*
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / mortality
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / surgery
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • Colorado / epidemiology
  • Dog Diseases / mortality*
  • Dog Diseases / surgery*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Male
  • Massachusetts / epidemiology
  • Ohio / epidemiology
  • Survival Analysis