Unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma

Izhar N. Bagwan; Gary Cook; Satvinder Mudan; Andrew Wotherspoon

doi:10.1186/1477-7819-5-116

Unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma

Izhar N. Bagwan, Gary Cook, Satvinder Mudan, Andrew Wotherspoon

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The most common tumours of the adrenal gland are adenoma, pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and metastases. Although the imaging features of these tumours are established, the imaging characteristics of uncommon adrenal masses are less well known. In patients with extradrenal tumour, incidental discovery of an adrenal mass necessitates excluding the possibility of metastatic malignancy. A 52 year-old female was diagnosed with oesophageal adenocarcinoma and treated with oesophagectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. Sixteen months later on staging CT scan a 2 x 2 cm adrenal mass was detected, which increased in size over a period of time to 3 x 3 cm in size. Adrenalectomy was performed and histological examination revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma within an adrenal adenoma. The present case highlights the unusual behaviour of an oesophageal adenocarcinoma causing metastasis to an adrenocortical adenoma.

Original language	English
Article number	116
Number of pages	1
Journal	World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-116
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2007

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Unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma

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