[A case of adrenal angiosarcoma]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 May;86(5):1064-7. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.86.1064.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 62-year-old male with slight fever, anorexia and easy fatigability was found to have a tumor in the left adrenal gland by computed tomogram of abdomen. Further study of angiogram suggesting neoplasm of the left adrenal gland, eventually he was underwent surgical extirpation. Histological study, combined with immunohistochemical staining, revealed that the tumor measuring 8 x 4 x 6 cm was an angiosarcoma. The patient died of pulmonary dysfunction 42 days after the operation. Autopsy was not done. In the literature, 7 cases of adrenal angiosarcoma have been reported; ours is the 8th case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / pathology
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged