Adrenal collision tumor: Renal carcinoma metastasis within adrenal adenoma

Autor: Roberta Reichert, Alice Schuch, Gustavo Felipe Luersen
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Clinical and Biomedical Research, Vol 35, Iss 3 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0101-5575
2357-9730
Popis: Collision tumors are defined as the presence of two contiguous histologically different lesions composed of benign and/or malignant components. They are infrequent entities and have been reported in various organs and systems. The most common type of collision tumor in the adrenal gland is the association of two benign lesions, adenoma and myelolipoma. Modification in image characteristics or unexpected growth of an adrenal tumor previously characterized as a benign lesion should be suspicious for collision tumor with a new aggressive component. In this article, we present a case of renal carcinoma metastasis within a previously known adrenal adenoma.
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