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## Summary **objective** Adrenal metastases are frequently encountered during autopsy but uncommonly present clinically. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological impact of adrenal metastases in a large series of patients. **patients** Four hundred and sixty‐four patients (288 men, 176 women) with metastatic disease in the adrenal glands over a 30‐year period were included in the study. **measurements** The clinical records and pathological features were reviewed. **results** The frequencies of adrenal metastases at autopsies, adrenalectomies and fine‐needle aspiration biopsies were 3·1%, 7·5% and 33%, respectively. The lesions were often seen in elderly patients (mean age, 62, SD = 13 years). Many of the metastatic lesions in the adrenal gland occurred shortly after the detection of a primary tumour (mean latent period = 7 months). Four per cent of the adrenal lesions (__n__ = 20) were symptomatic. The symptomatic adrenal lesions, as compared with asymptomatic ones, were bigger and seen in younger patients. Five patients presented with adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) and one had massive peritoneal haemorrhage because of metastatic carcinoma. Nin

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Author

K.‐Y. Lam; C.‐Y. Lo

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0300-0664)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)