Question 262 · LEK · Adrenal cancer
A 34-year-old female patient who has been treated for paroxysmal hypertension for three years came to see a doctor at an outpatient clinic. She complains of polydipsia, profuse sweating and heart palpitations. Laboratory tests showed considerably increased blood catecholamines, and double-phase abdominal CT scan showed a 3 cm tumour in the left adrenal gland. Indicate appropriate treatment:
- A. resection of adrenal gland with the tumour.
- B. fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the tumour.
- C. abdominal magnetic resonance (MRI).
- D. tumour resection with adrenal gland preservation.
- E. bilateral adrenalectomy.
Hint
Paroxysmal hypertension, sweating and palpitations with high catecholamines identify the tumour; recall the standard operation for a unilateral lesion.
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