Metastatic adenocarcinoma within a functioning adrenal adenoma: a case report

We present the case of a 54-year-old woman who underwent right adrenalectomy for palliation of Cushing’s symptoms. She had recently been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Pathologic findings revealed a 5 cm adrenal adenoma with a metastatic adenocarcinoma deposit. The occurrence of tumor-to-tumor...

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Autores principales: Martin, Jeremiah T, Alkhoury, Fuad, Helton, Scott, Fiedler, Paul, Sakharova, Olga, Yood, Steven
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7965
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Sumario:We present the case of a 54-year-old woman who underwent right adrenalectomy for palliation of Cushing’s symptoms. She had recently been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Pathologic findings revealed a 5 cm adrenal adenoma with a metastatic adenocarcinoma deposit. The occurrence of tumor-to-tumor metastasis is rare, and the finding of a metastasis within a functional adrenal adenoma exceptionally so. Previously reported incidences of this finding in patients with lung cancer range from 0.14% to 0.63%. We review the literature regarding this unusual finding.

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