Endocrine Abstracts

Renal cell carcinoma metastases to adrenal glands are indicative of a generalized tumor process, but in cases of solitary metastases, a radical surgical treatment of these patients is possible.The object of the present study was an estimation of the remote outcome of surgical treatment of 18 patients with solitary renal cell carcinoma metastases to adrenal glands operated on in our clinic over the period from 1999 to 2008. Among them, there were 6 men an...

The aim of the study was analysis of long-term results of surgical treatment in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma as well as definition of prognostic factors.From 1998 to 2008, examination and treatment of 53 patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (31 women and 22 men, mean age 52.8 years) was carried out in our institute: 13 patients had Cushing syndrome, 1 – virilization, 2 – total adrenohypercortisolism, and 37 – nonfunctioning tum...

Primary bilateral adrenal lymphoma is extremely rare. We report a case of bilateral adrenal lymphoma developing in a 61-year-old woman. The patient presented with weakness, fever, anorexia, nausea, and weight loss. Her vital signs were as follows: body temperature 37.2 °C, pulse rate 98 beats per minute, and blood pressure 125/70 mmHg. Examination of head and neck was unremarkable. Lymphadenopathy and skin lesion weren’t found. The chest X-ray was normal, withou...