SYNCHRONOUS AND METACHRONOUS CONTRALATERAL ADRENAL METASTASES FROM PRIMARY RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA

Authors
STEIN A MECZ Y SOVA Y LURIE M LURIE A
Citation
A. Stein et al., SYNCHRONOUS AND METACHRONOUS CONTRALATERAL ADRENAL METASTASES FROM PRIMARY RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA, Urologia internationalis, 58(1), 1997, pp. 58-60
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urologia internationalis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00421138
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
58 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-1138(1997)58:1<58:SAMCAM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two rare cases of contralateral adrenal metastases are reported, One w ith a synchronous presentation where the renal tumor was removed toget her with a solitary large contralateral adrenal metastasis. The second patient underwent adrenalectomy for a metastatic lesion diagnosed 4 y ears after nephrectomy performed for renal cell carcinoma of the contr alateral kidney. Five years following the adrenalectomy the patient un derwent leg amputation because of a solitary bone metastasis.