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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
[Adrenal gland cancer]
1Klinik für Allgemeine und Unfallchirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
Abstract:
Carcinoma of the adrenal gland is a rare type of tumor disease. Clinical presentation includes the same signs and symptoms as in the equivalent benign disease or otherwise larger palpable tumor masses. Localization is well achieved by ultrasound and CT-scan. 131J-MIBG-Scintican is applied selectively for adreno-medullary tumors and 131J-nor-cholesterol for adreno-cortical tumors. For surgery a transabdominal or sometimes abdomino-thoracic approach is preferred. Sufficiently wide en-bloc resection including lymphnodes and adjacent structures gives hope for local radicality. The experience with 10 adrenal malignancies out of a total of 64 tumors (16%) is presented under various aspects.
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