Long-term survival after bilateral adrenalectomy for metachronous adrenocortical cancer.
We report the case of a female patient with bilateral metachronous adrenocortical cancer who survived long-term after adrenalectomy. In 1991, the patient underwent left adrenalectomy to remove a huge adrenal mass (10 x 9 cm) displaying no hormonal abnormality. Histological diagnosis was adrenocortical cancer. A right adrenal mass (7 x 6 cm) was found 4 years after left adrenalectomy. Right adrenalectomy was performed, and histological diagnosis was again adrenocortical cancer. The patient remains alive with no evidence of disease 8 years after last surgery.
Hara
Isao
I
Division of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. hara@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Sakamoto
Yuichi
Y
Kanomata
Naoki
N
Muramaki
Mototsugu
M
Yamada
Yuji
Y
Kawabata
Gaku
G
Kamidono
Sadao
S
D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate