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Published on: August 28, 2013
Surgical excision of a metastatic adrenal lesion in a patient with prostatic cancer
1Department of Urology, Nakatsu National Hospital, Nakatsu, Japan. naotaka@uro.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract
Background:
A 64-year-old Japanese man with stage D2 prostatic cancer, after having responded dramatically to androgen ablation, demonstrated a solitary adrenal metastasis without disease progression to any other site.
Methods:
A surgical excision of the lesion and adjuvant systemic chemotherapy was performed.
Results/Conclusions:
The patient has since remained alive without any evidence of recurrence 21 months after surgery.
