Background and Objectives: Adrenal metastases from lung cancer usually indicate systemic disease and incurability. However, a small subset of patients with isolated adrenal metastases may achieve long-term survival with aggressive surgical resection of the adrenal gland. To clarify the role of adren
Surgical treatment of solitary adrenal metastases from lung carcinoma
โ Scribed by Gil Raviv; Ehud Klein; Alon Yellin; Shlomo Schneebaum; Gur Ben-Ari
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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โฆ Synopsis
The adrenal gland is a frequent site for metastases from lung carcinoma. We have treated five patients with a solitary symptomatic mass in the adrenal by palliative adrenalectomy with fair results. These case reports and discussion of the literature are presented.
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