Bilateral adrenal masses from renal cell carcinoma: a case report
Shioi, K.; Muraoka, K.; Tomoda, T.; Yoshida, M.; Takase, K.; Kishi, H.; Noguchi, S.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 52(1): 19-21
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 16479984 Document Number: 599835
We report a case of bilateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. A 65-year-old man was referred to our hospital for a right renal mass. A computed tomography revealed a 9 cm right renal tumor and bilateral adrenal masses (3.5 cm on the right side and 4.5 cm on the left). A right radical nephrectomy and bilateral adrenalectomy demonstrated renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to bilateral adrenal glands. The pathological findings of the right renal tumor showed clear cell carcinoma, G3 > G2 and both adrenal tumors showed the same pathology as the right renal tumor. The patient is alive with lung metastasis after 15 months postoperatively treated with interferon-alpha.