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Hamanaka W, Yoneda S, Shirakusa T, Shirahama H, Tashiro Y, Iwasaki A, Shiraishi T, Tsuru H: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing adrenocortical carcinoma--long survival with various therapeutic strategies including a lung resection: report of a case. Surg Today. 2008;38(3):275-8. Epub 2008 Feb 29.
We experienced a very rare case of late pulmonary metastasis from ACC. The patient was a 40-year-old woman who had undergone a left adrenectomy 12 years earlier. Instead of a large metastatic lung tumor with hemothorax and the existence of metastases in other organs, combined therapy of repeated resections for metastases and adjuvant therapy allowed for almost a 36-month survival following the first recurrence and a good quality of life. In addition, a blood and pathological study revealed that the tumor in this case was an alpha-fetoprotein-producing ACC, which is, as far as we could ascertain, the first case of its kind. |
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