Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal metastatic carcinoma / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Adrenal gland is one of the most common metastases from malignant tumors. Most adrenal metastases have not completely destroyed adrenal tissue, so most patients have no clinical symptoms. The main methods for the diagnosis of adrenal metastases are CT, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. At present, there is still controversy about the treatment of adrenal metastasis of all kinds of adrenal metastases. Non-surgical treatment mainly includes chemical drug therapy, radiotherapy, interventional therapy and so on. With the development of cognition and technology, the mode and indication of surgical treatment have also changed. In this paper, the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal metastases in recent years are reviewed.