title: Synchronous presentation of primary non-small cell lung carcinoma and pheochromocytoma.
abstract: A 54-year-old man was diagnosed with a 3.2-cm primary right lower lobe non-small cell lung cancer and a synchronously present 2.5-cm right adrenal gland mass. Workup of the adrenal lesion revealed a pheochromocytoma. The patient underwent combined mediastinoscopy, laparoscopic right adrenalectomy, and right thoracotomy with right lower lobectomy. This case illustrates the importance of establishing a firm diagnosis for all synchronously present adrenal lesions that are discovered in the setting of primary lung carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Surgery, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Edward P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Collin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: C Daniel
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Joseph I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy