Surgical excision of a metastatic adrenal lesion in a patient with prostatic cancer.
BACKGROUND
A 64-year-old Japanese man with stage D2 prostatic cancer, after having responded dramatically to androgen ablation, demonstrated a solitary adrenal metastasis without disease progression to any other site.


METHODS
A surgical excision of the lesion and adjuvant systemic chemotherapy was performed.


CONCLUSIONS
The patient has since remained alive without any evidence of recurrence 21 months after surgery.
Sakamoto
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Department of Urology, Nakatsu National Hospital, Nakatsu, Japan. naotaka@uro.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Eto
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Ando
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery