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Table 1 Primary Malignancy Sites in patients Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of a Secondary Adrenal Malignancy

From: The epidemiology of primary and secondary adrenal malignancies and associated adrenal insufficiency in hospitalised patients: an analysis of hospital admission data, NSW, Australia

Primary Site

(ICD10 AM codes)

Total N

N = 15,040

Adrenal Insufficiency

N = 172*

Adrenal Crisis

N = 24

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30-C39)

7450 (49.5)

53 (30.8)

4 (16.7)

Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs (C15-C26)

2409 (16.0)

20 (11.6)

0

Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44)

1392 (9.3)

28 (16.3)

3 (12.5)

Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract (C64-C68)

1196 (8.0)

27 (15.7)

2 (8.3)

Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, secondary and unspecified sites (C76-C80)

916 (6.1)

12 (7.0)

8 (33.3)

Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)

688 (4.6)

18 (10.5)

1 (4.2)

Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs (C60-C63)

305 (2.0)

4 (2.3)

3 (12.5)

Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs (C51-C58)

211 (1.4)

1 (0.6)

0

Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissues (C45-C49)

112 (0.7)

0

0

Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)

92 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

1 (4.2)

Benign neoplasms (D10-D36)

65 (0.4)

3 (1.7)

1 (4.2)

Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96)

55 (0.4)

0

0

Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands

(C73-C75)

38 (0.3)

1 (0.6)

0

Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain, and other parts of central nervous system (C69-C72)

38 (0.3)

0

0

Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage (C40-C41)

34 (0.2)

1 (0.6)

0

Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour (D37-D48)

31 (0.3)

3 (1.7)

1 (4.2)

In situ neoplasms (D00-D09)

8 (0.1)

0

0

  1. * Total reflects more than one primary site in some patients