ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY PRODUCED BY METASTASES FROM GASTRIC CARCINOMA
Authors: O C LEARY, J J MASTERS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 June 1957ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY PRODUCED BY METASTASES FROM GASTRIC CARCINOMAOLGA CUSHING LEARY JR., M.D., JACOB J. MASTERS, M.D.OLGA CUSHING LEARY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JACOB J. MASTERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-6-1161 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCases of adrenal insufficiency produced by metastatic carcinoma are unusual, if not rare, though carcinomatous metastases to the adrenals are not uncommon. The obvious explanation is probably the correct one—that patients usually die as the result of the primary lesion or of metastases to other organs, before the adrenal metastases attain great size or destructiveness. Bronchogenic carcinoma is notably prone to produce adrenal metastases, and a number of well documented cases of adrenal insufficiency resulting from such metastases have recently been published.1, 2It may be of interest to add another case to the much smaller series of primary gastric...Bibliography1. ButterlyFishmanSecklerSteinberg JMLJH: Addison's disease secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the adrenal glands, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 930-939, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Sahagian-EdwardsHolland AJF: Metastatic carcinoma to the adrenal glands and cortical hypofunction, Cancer 7: 1242-1245, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Straub H: Akuter Morbus Addisonii nach Thrombose beider Nebennierenvenen, Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med. 97: 67-82, 1909. Google Scholar4. Spangenberg JJ: El sindrome de Addison en el cancer de las suprarrenales, Prensa méd. argent. 15: 504-509, 1928. Google Scholar5. Madheim H: Über seltene Organcarcinosen bei Magenkrebs, Frankfurt. Ztschr. f. Path. 55: 447-466, 1941. Google Scholar6. Willis RA: The spread of tumors in the human body, 1952, Butterworth and Co., Ltd., London. Google Scholar7. Glomset DA: The incidence of metastasis of malignant tumors to the adrenals, Am. J. Cancer 32: 57-61, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chelsea, Massachusetts*Received for publication January 17, 1956.From the Departments of Pathology and Medicine, The Lawrence F. Quigley Memorial Hospital of The Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Olga Cushing Leary, Jr., M.D., Soldiers' Home, Chelsea 50, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byProspective evaluation of adrenal insufficiency in patients with adrenal metastasisAddison's disease secondary to lymphomatous infiltration of the adrenal glands recovery of adrenocortical function after chemotherapyMetastases to the adrenal glands and the development of Addison's diseaseAdrenocortical Insufficiency Due to Metastatic Infiltration of the Adrenal GlandsAddison's Disease Secondary to Carcinoma of the BreastDAVID H. ALPERS, M.D., KARL ENGELMAN, M.D., F. DANIEL FOLEY, M.D. 1 June 1957Volume 46, Issue 6Page: 1161-1165KeywordsGastric ulcersHospital medicineLesionsNausea ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...