title: Exceptional bilateral adrenalectomy after secondaries from colorectal cancer.
abstract: We report a very uncommon case of bilateral adrenal metastasis treated at our institution. The patient was 65 years old, with a history of low anterior resection for colorectal cancer in 2001. One year later, he was diagnosed with bilateral adrenal metastasis, based on the results of abdominal computed tomography-scan. A bilateral adrenalectomy extended to distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful. He is alive and free of disease 12 months after adrenalectomy. We conclude adrenal metastasis from colorectal cancer should be managed surgically, even if they are bilateral.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Aparato Digestivo y Trasplante de Organos Abdominales, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. morenoalmudena@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno-Elola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno-Gonzalez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alonso-Casado
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meneu-Diaz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García-García
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abradelo-Usera
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed