Key result
Right adrenalectomy in a 48-year-old man revealed a 9 cm solid mass with histologic and immunohistochemical features of primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes a rare instance of primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma treated with right adrenalectomy.
Alerts clinicians to rare primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma in large masses; extends sparse case reports but leaves optimal management open.
Primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare tumor. We report a case with adrenal leiomyosarcoma. Our case was a 48-year-old man who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed approximately 9 cm solid mass originating from right adrenal gland. He underwent right adrenalectomy. Pathology of the specimen showed histologic and immunohistochemical features of adrenal leiomyosarcoma.
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Gülpınar et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Right adrenalectomy was evaluated on Histologic and immunohistochemical features. Right adrenalectomy in a 48-year-old man revealed a 9 cm solid mass with histologic and immunohistochemical features of primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma.
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