Liu Dongyan, Kumar Sahayini A
Department of Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, MD, USA.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2017 Sep 9;7(4):241-244. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1362315. eCollection 2017 Oct.
Adrenal collision tumors (ACTs), in which distinct tumors coexist without histological intermingling in the same adrenal gland, are rare and their actual prevalence is unknown. ACTs commonly consist of adrenal cortical adenoma, myelolipoma, or metastatic malignant tumor. We report a 58-year-old woman with a past history of breast cancer, who presented with a 1 month history of fevers, chills, and abdominal fullness. The physical examination and the laboratory data including endocrine studies were unremarkable. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed a right adrenal gland mass, and a laparoscopic right adrenalectomy was performed. Histological and immunohistochemical examinations revealed three distinct tumors: an adrenal cortical adenoma, a myelolipoma, and metastatic breast tumors. Breast cancer metastases are rare in the adrenal gland and exist as ACTs only in exceptionally rare cases. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coexisting metastatic breast tumors, adrenal adenoma, and myelolipoma in the same adrenal gland.
肾上腺碰撞瘤(ACTs)是指在同一肾上腺内不同肿瘤共存且无组织学混合,这种情况较为罕见,其实际患病率尚不清楚。ACTs通常由肾上腺皮质腺瘤、髓样脂肪瘤或转移性恶性肿瘤组成。我们报告一例58岁有乳腺癌病史的女性,她出现发热、寒战和腹部胀满1个月。体格检查及包括内分泌检查在内的实验室检查均无异常。腹部计算机断层扫描显示右肾上腺肿块,遂行腹腔镜右肾上腺切除术。组织学和免疫组化检查发现三种不同肿瘤:肾上腺皮质腺瘤、髓样脂肪瘤和转移性乳腺肿瘤。乳腺癌转移至肾上腺罕见,仅在极少数情况下以ACTs形式存在。据我们所知,这是首例报道的同一肾上腺内并存转移性乳腺肿瘤、肾上腺腺瘤和髓样脂肪瘤的病例。