An unusual case of adrenocortical carcinoma with liver metastasis that occurred at 23 years after surgery.
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serval:BIB_915FD021ADB4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Publications
Institution
Title
An unusual case of adrenocortical carcinoma with liver metastasis that occurred at 23 years after surgery.
Journal
Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition
ISSN
2304-3881 (Print)
ISSN-L
2304-3881
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
5
Number
3
Pages
265-268
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon and aggressive cancer occurring more frequently in women; local or distant recurrences occur in 80% of cases, typically within 1 year after curative resection. Liver is the preferred metastatic site. Herein, we report the case of a unique liver metastasis from ACC occurring 23 years after the curative prior tumor surgery. A 45-year-old woman was operated in 1991 for adrenocortical stage II without microvascular involvement or capsular infiltration. At that time, no adjuvant treatment was indicated. The initial surgery consisted on a left adrenalectomy with contemporaneous left nephrectomy and regional lymphadenectomy. Five years after surgery, the patient was considered cured. However, 23 years later, the patient presented an atypical right subcostal pain. A 4 cm liver ACC metastasis involving the segment 4 and initially diagnosed as a hemangioma was discovered. A curative resection of the segment 4 was performed. Final pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of ACC metastasis with a complete R0 resection; no lymph node metastases were observed. This case is the latest metachronous ACC metastasis ever reported in literature. To date, the patient is alive with no signs of recurrence after a post-surgical follow-up of 13 months.
Keywords
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), liver metastasis, liver resection
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