Contralateral aneurysm-like adrenal gland metastasis of a renal adenocarcinoma
Joual, A.; Patard, J.J.; Chopin, D.; Abbou, C.C.
Progres en Urologie Journal de l'Association Francaise d'Urologie et de la Societe Francaise d'Urologie 8(1): 89-91
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1166-7087 PMID: 9533158 Document Number: 491553
The authors report a case of adrenal metastasis contralateral to a renal cell carcinoma in a 74-year-old patient who had undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Nine months later, computed tomography revealed a hypervascular mass considered to be an aneurysm of the splenic artery. Arteriography led to the diagnosis of hypervascular adrenal tumour. Left adrenalectomy was performed. Histological examination showed a metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. This is an unusual form of renal cancer metastasis. Its treatment and prognosis are discussed.