Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of adrenal gland
| Autor: | Kosuke Ogawa, Kimio Hashimoto, Noriaki Utsunomiya, Kazutaka Kida, Shoko Uketa, Sojun Kanamaru, Misa Ishihara, Yousuke Shimizu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Abdominal pain
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Endocrine Test medicine.diagnostic_test Adenoma Adrenal gland business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Case Report Neuroendocrine tumors medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Surgical oncology Positron emission tomography medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Popis: | Neuroendocrine tumors are an extremely rare form of retroperitoneum tumor. A 79-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 51 × 36 mm mass in the left adrenal gland. Gastrofiberscopy, colonfiberscopy and positron emission tomography were performed and showed no lesions or other malignancies. Endocrine tests were normal. Two months later, the mass had grown to 68 × 52 mm. Suspecting a malignant tumor, we performed laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Histopathological diagnosis revealed the tumor was small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. No other malignancies were revealed, so we diagnosed primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of adrenal gland. To our knowledge, this is only the third report in English of primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the adrenal gland and the first report that is confined to the adrenal gland. Adrenal masses are often misdiagnosed as adenoma; however, we need to raise awareness of the potential for malignant adrenal tumors such as the rarer small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. |
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