During the past ten years from 1970 to 1979, we have experienced eight cases of
adrenal cortical adenoma which were diagnosed by histopathological examination in the
course of the routine surgical pathology service at Department of Clinical Pathology,
Catholic Medical Center in Seoul. Of the eight cases of adenoma, seven were found in
the left side and one in the right side. Seven were functioning endocrinologically, while
the remaining one was nonfunctioning. Of the seven functioning tumors, six were
associated with Cushing's syndrome, and the remaining one Conn's syndrome. One of
the patients with Cushing's syndrome manifested morphology of black adenoma of the
left adrenal gland. The sex and age distribution of the cortical adenomas are
summarized in Table 1, the symptoms and signs in Table 2, the endocrine findings in
Table 3, and the gross and microscopic findings in Table 4.
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