%0 Journal Article
%T Transdiaphragmatic adrenalectomy for metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma: a technical case report
%A Robert B. Dorman
%A Sayeed Ikramuddin
%A Michael A. Maddaus
%A Nathaniel S. Kreykes
%J Journal of Surgical Case Reports
%D 2010
%I JSCR Publishing
%X We present a 60-year old woman with recurrent cervical adenocarcinoma who presented with metastasis to both lungs and to her right adrenal gland. A thoracotomy was performed for resection of her pulmonary metastasis and then the right adrenal gland was excised through a trans-diaphragmatic approach. The adrenal gland resection was more complex due to involvement of the tumor with the inferior vena cava (IVC) which was repaired with a PTFE patch graft. This case demonstrates both an interesting approach to surgical resection of multiple metastases as well as a safe, although more challenging, alternative to partially resect and repair the IVC.
%K adenocarcinoma
%K metastasis
%K adrenal
%K transdiaphragmatic
%U http://jscr.co.uk/2010/11/cardiothoracic-surgery/transdiaphragmatic-adrenalectomy-for-metastatic-cervical-adenocarcinoma-a-technical-case-report/