简介:Splenicmetastasisisgenerallynotacommonclinicalevent.However,metastasistothespleenfromadrenalpheochromocytomaisextremelyrareandhasnotbeenreportedinliterature.Thisreportpresentsacaseofa58year-oldmalepatientwhodevelopedspleen-onlymetastasesinJuly2007.ThepatienthadaprevioushistoryofleftepinephroectomyforadrenalpheochromocytomainJanuary2003.Abdominalcomputedtomographydemonstratedmultipleenhancinglesionssuggestiveofmetastases;thussplenectomywasperformed.Pathologicalexaminationsconfirmedthediagnosisofsplenicmetastasesfrompheochromocytoma.Thepatientwasalivewithoutrecurrence48monthsaftersplenectomy.Thisstudyisthefirstreportonsplenicmetastasisfrompreviousadrenalpheochromocytoma,andlong-termsurvivalwasachievedbysplenectomy.Ahistoryofmalignancyindicatesahighindexofsuspicionforsplenicmetastasis,andlong-termsurvivalcanbeachievedbysplenectomyforspleen-onlymetastasis.
简介:Myeloidsarcoma(MS)isararehematologicalneoplasmthatdevelopseitherdenovoorconcurrentlywithacutemyeloidleukemia(AML).ThisneoplasmcanalsobeaninitialmanifestationofrelapseinapreviouslytreatedAMLthatisinremission.A44-year-oldmalepatientwasdiagnosedwithtestisMSinalocalhospitalinAugust2010.Afteronemonth,bonemarrowbiopsyandaspirationconfirmedthediagnosisofAML.Allogeneicmobilizationperipheralbloodstemcelltransplantationwasperformed,withthesisterofthepatientasdonor,aftercompleteremission(CR)wasachievedbychemotherapy.Fivemonthsaftertreatment,anadrenalmasswasdetectedbypositronemissiontomography-computedtomography(PET-CT).Radiotherapywasperformedforthelocalizedmassafteramultidisciplinaryteam(MDT)discussion.ThepatientisstillaliveasofMay2013,withnoevidenceofrecurrentMSorleukemia.