Renal Cell Carcinoma Mimicking Adrenal Tumor

There are a variety of causes of adrenal pseudotumors on computerized tomography (CT) scan, including upper-pole renal mass, gastric diverticulum, prominent splenic lobulation, pancreatic mass, hepatic mass, and periadrenal varices. We present a case of a large subhepatic mass that discrimination of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of oncology 2010-01, Vol.2010 (2010), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Moslemi, Mohammad Kazem, al-Mousawi, Shabir, Dehghani Firoozabadi, Mohammad Hasan
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Zusammenfassung:There are a variety of causes of adrenal pseudotumors on computerized tomography (CT) scan, including upper-pole renal mass, gastric diverticulum, prominent splenic lobulation, pancreatic mass, hepatic mass, and periadrenal varices. We present a case of a large subhepatic mass that discrimination of its origin from neighborhood organs was difficult preoperatively. Our patient was a 58 years old man, that three months after an unsuccessful operation in another center for a pseudoadrenal mass underwent a very difficult subcapsular tumorectomy in our center.
ISSN:1687-8450
1687-8450
DOI:10.1155/2010/987128