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Table 3 Adrenal pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma (PubMed and Medline search ‘pleormorphic leiomyosarcoma’ AND ‘adrenal’, limited to English language)

From: Three uncommon adrenal incidentalomas: a 13-year surgical pathology review

Ref no.

First author and year

Age (sex)

Presenting symptoms

Laterality

Primary treatment

Metastases

Outcome

This work

Kanthan R, 2011

28 (F)

None (incidentaloma)

Left

Adrenal resection, nephrectomy, diaphragm resection and reconstruction

Unknown

Unknown

32

Mohanty SK, 2007

47 (F)

Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, deep vein thrombosis

Left

Adrenalectomy, nephrectomy, radiotherapy

Bilobar hepatic and bilateral pulmonary nodules, left hilar lymph node at 9 months

Treated with combination chemotherapy and close follow-up

39

Candanedo-González FA, 2005

59 (F)

Abdominal pain, 4 kg weight loss/3 months

Left

Laparotomy with adrenalectomy

Local recurrence and liver metastases at 12 months

Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy with metastasectomy; alive 24 months later, no evidence of disease

38

Lujan MG, 2002

63 (M)

1-year history of enlarging abdominal mass

Right

Preoperative chemotherapy, cholecystectomy, right hepatic lobectomy, right adrenalectomy

Pulmonary, hepatic metastases and advanced local disease at time of surgery

Death shortly after surgery