Growing occult synchronous adrenal metastasis from rectal cancer after surgery and during adjuvant chemotherapy: A Case Report
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Woo-Sang Ryu, Hye-Yoon Lee, Je-Seock Ryu, Jun-Won Um, Byung-Wook Min*
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
We report a case of an occult synchronous adrenal metastasis of rectal cancer. A left adrenal mass was found by computed tomography (CT) 6 months after low anterior resection for rectal cancer. This lesion was growing during adjuvant systemic chemotherapy. The level of serum carcinoembryonic antigen and that of adrenal hormones were within the normal range. Radical left adrenalectomy was performed, and histopathological examination revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma compatible with rectal cancer. Adrenal metastasis is not rare in autopsy series. The possibility of adrenal metastasis should be considered in the follow-up of rectal cancer patients. Surgery may be the treatment of choice in occult synchronous metastasis of adrenal gland in rectal cancer.
Cent. Eur. J. Med. , 6(1) , 2010 , 120-122 Received 13 August 2010; Accepted 28 September 2010
