[A case of adrenal gland metastasis of a cutaneous melanoma treated by excision with 3-year survival]

Ann Urol (Paris). 1996;30(1):44-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Case report of a 38-year-old man who, 14 months after resection of a malignant melanoma from the right shoulder in September 1990, presented with a tumour of the right adrenal gland. Resection confirmed metastatic melanoma. Chemotherapy was administered for 3 months. The patient was followed until his death in March 1995, i.e. three years after resection of the secondary adrenal tumour.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Dacarbazine / administration & dosage
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / drug therapy
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vindesine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Dacarbazine
  • Vindesine