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METASTATIC ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA TREATED BY REPEATED RESECTION: A CASE REPORT OF LONG‐TERM SURVIVAL OVER 18 YEARS
Author(s) -
Sakamoto Kimitaka,
Ariyoshi Asami,
Okazaki Masatoshi
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1995.tb00621.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , thoracotomy , adrenalectomy , surgery , metastasis , carcinoma , resection , metastatic carcinoma , cancer
A case of recurrent and metastatic nonfunctioning adrenocortical carcinoma in a 40‐year‐old woman is reported. The patient received 4 laparotomies and 1 thoracotomy for recurrent and metastatic disease after removal of the primary adrenal tumor. She has been alive for over 18 years following multiple surgery for diseases after the first adrenalectomy. In selected patients with recurrence and/or metastasis, repeated surgical resection offers the possibility of a cure or extended palliation.