[Normalisation of contralateral adrenal function after long-term mitotane therapy in a girl after surgical treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma].

Abstract

The main method of treatment of adrenocortical tumours is surgery. The efficacy of the mitotane therapy is still controversial with many serious side effects of the therapy. Moreover, patients receiving mitotane should be carefully monitored for adrenal insufficiency and usually require long-term hormone replacement therapy. We present a rare case of normalisation of the contralateral adrenal function after long-term mitotane therapy as a post-surgical treatment of the adrenocortical tumour.