Open AccessAdrenal Failure due to Adrenal Metastasis of Lung Cancer: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Gustavo Adolpho Moreira Faulhaber,
Flávia K. Borges,
Aline Maria Ascoli,
Renato Seligman,
Tânia Weber Furlanetto
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in oncological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2090-6714
pISSN - 2090-6706
DOI - 10.1155/2011/326815
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , adrenal insufficiency , metastasis , differential diagnosis , presentation (obstetrics) , lung , case presentation , adrenal gland , cancer , pathology , radiology , surgery
We report a case of a patient with adrenal failure due to bilateral adrenal metastasis of lung cancer. This is a rare presentation of lung cancer. We review the differential diagnosis of weight loss and how to make diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency.
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