Growing occult synchronous adrenal metastasis from rectal cancer after surgery and during adjuvant chemotherapy: A Case Report

• Authors: Woo-Sang Ryu , Hye-Yoon Lee , Je-Seock Ryu , Jun-Won Um , Byung-Wook Min
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Adrenal metastasis; Rectal

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 120-122

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2011

online

16 - 12 - 2010

Contributors

author

Woo-Sang Ryu

• Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

author

Hye-Yoon Lee

• Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

author

Je-Seock Ryu

• Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

author

Jun-Won Um

• Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

author

Byung-Wook Min

• Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-010-0059-9