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Adrenocortical oncocytomas are extremely rare and are generally non-functioning.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report the case of a 40-year-old patient with a progressively enlarging left adrenal mass. At the age of 19 he had undergone right adrenalectomy for a cortisol-secreting adenoma. Radiologic features were not typical of an adenoma and positive uptake was detected at <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>F-FDG-PET. Because of the uncertain nature of the growing lesion, it was decided to proceed to surgical resection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The surgeon managed to remove the left adrenal mass, sparing the normal adrenal gland, and histology was consistent with adrenocortical oncocytoma. 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