title: High grade primary adrenal intravascular large B-cell lymphoma manifesting as Addison disease.
abstract: We report a rare case of a 68 aged male who presented with adrenal failure and was diagnosed of high grade large B-cell lymphoma primarily arising in the adrenal glands. The patient was administrated with additional chemotherapy but he passed away 7 months later due to infection in the lungs. Intravascular lymphoma should be suspected in patients with bilateral adrenal masses who present with rapidly progressive adrenal insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ippocration General Hospital of Salonica, Thrace, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Venizelos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Venizelos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamiolakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambropoulou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiadis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrakis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D000224:Addison Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male