Solitary adrenal metastasis in large cell carcinoma of lung.
Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has a poor prognosis. Adrenal metastasis (AM), in NSCLC, are present in 5-10% of patients at initial presentation. Several case reports have shown that operation of isolated AM results in longer survival time. We describe a 55 year-old man with diagnosis of NSCLC with operable lung tumor and solitary AM treated with combination of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by primary site and metastasis surgery. He was diagnosed on March 2002 and is still alive.
Ulger
Füsun
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Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. fusunulger@yahoo.com
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Elif
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Poyraz
Bariş
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Gönüllü
Uğur
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed