title: Adrenalectomy for adrenal metastasis from lung carcinoma.
abstract: In the past 3 years, five patients with lung carcinoma were found to have enlarged adrenal glands without any evidence of distant metastasis. The patients were treated with adrenalectomy. The cases are presented in order to discuss optimal methods of diagnosis and treatment for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Parvez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Regal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takita
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed