Benign pheochromocytoma associated with colorectal cancer: Case report

Volume: 35 Number: 4 December 30, 2013
  • Turgut Kaçan
  • Saadettin Kılıçkap
  • Nalan Akgün Babacan
  • Mehmet Şeker
  • Birsen Yücel
  • İlknur Koç Olçaş
  • Gülşah Gültekin
  • Mehmet Eren
  • Ayfer Ay Eren
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Benign pheochromocytoma associated with colorectal cancer: Case report

Abstract

Among all cancers, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related death. Liver and lung are known as the main metastatic sites of colorectal cancer, on the other hand the metastasis of adrenal is clinically rare. Formerly, metastases were detected at autopsy, but due to improved imaging and diagnostic techniques, many of these lesions now can be detected on routine followup imaging. Patients with adrenal metastasis are considered having systemic spread and therefore unsuitable for surgical resection. That’s why, isolated adrenal metastasis presents a therapeutic dilemma in colorectal cancer patients. In this case, we report an adrenal mass in a patient with colorectal cancer to whom rectosigmoidectomy, colectomy and adrenal metastasectomy were performed. The adrenal mass was benign. For solitary and resectable lesions adrenalectomy can be performed and prolonged survival can be achieved in selected patients. Also, this enables to achieve right histopathological diagnosis.

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Saadettin Kılıçkap

Nalan Akgün Babacan

Mehmet Şeker

Birsen Yücel

İlknur Koç Olçaş

Gülşah Gültekin

Mehmet Eren

Ayfer Ay Eren

Publication Date

December 30, 2013

Submission Date

December 23, 2012

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Year 2013 Volume: 35 Number: 4

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1.Kaçan T, Kılıçkap S, Akgün Babacan N, et al. Benign pheochromocytoma associated with colorectal cancer: Case report. CMJ. 2013;35(4):568-571. https://izlik.org/JA99XZ84ZL