Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report

Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report

Renal cell carcinoma is the major cause of kidney malignancy. Its adrenal metastasis is less frequent and is even rarer when it is affected contralaterally or bilaterally. We present the case of a 55-year-old man with diffuse abdominal pain. An irregular mass in the lower third of the left renal cor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Urology case reports 2023-07, Vol.49, p.102454, Article 102454
Hauptverfasser: Paiva, Matheus Miranda, Vengjer, Alessandro, Stiirmer, Guilherme Henrique Silveira, Almeida, Gabriel Rodrigues, Santos, Fernando Oliveira dos, Nascimento, Paulo Peixoto do
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Sprache:eng
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Adrenalectomy
Contralateral adrenal metastasis
Nephrectomy
Oncology
Renal cell carcinoma
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Zusammenfassung:Renal cell carcinoma is the major cause of kidney malignancy. Its adrenal metastasis is less frequent and is even rarer when it is affected contralaterally or bilaterally. We present the case of a 55-year-old man with diffuse abdominal pain. An irregular mass in the lower third of the left renal cortex and another in the right adrenal gland. Pathology showed it was a renal cell carcinoma with metastasis in the contralateral adrenal gland.
ISSN:2214-4420
2214-4420
DOI:10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102454