Exceptional bilateral adrenalectomy after secondaries from colorectal cancer

Hepatogastroenterology. 2004 Jan-Feb;51(55):103-5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Adrenalectomy* / methods
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed