title: [A case of adrenal gland metastasis of a cutaneous melanoma treated by excision with 3-year survival].
abstract: Case report of a 38-year-old man who, 14 months after resection of a malignant melanoma from the right shoulder in September 1990, presented with a tumour of the right adrenal gland. Resection confirmed metastatic melanoma. Chemotherapy was administered for 3 months. The patient was followed until his death in March 1995, i.e. three years after resection of the secondary adrenal tumour.
authors.affiliation: Centre Jean-Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Claude
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sale
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cavillon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rigondet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desplechain
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Egloff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franck
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goujon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lautier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plagne
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014751:Vindesine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D003606:Dacarbazine; D014751:Vindesine
vernacular_title: A propos d'un cas de métastase surrénalienne d'un mélanome cutané traité par exérèse avec survie de 3 ans.