RENAL-CARCINOMA WITH A SOLITARY SYNCHRONOUS CONTRALATERIAL ADRENAL METASTASIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SAPIENZA P STIPA F LUCANDRI G BARATTI L DELFINO M MINGAZZINI PL
Citation
P. Sapienza et al., RENAL-CARCINOMA WITH A SOLITARY SYNCHRONOUS CONTRALATERIAL ADRENAL METASTASIS - A CASE-REPORT, Anticancer research, 17(1B), 1997, pp. 743-747
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Anticancer research → ACNP
ISSN journal
02507005
Volume
17
Issue
1B
Year of publication
1997
Pages
743 - 747
Database
ISI
SICI code
0250-7005(1997)17:1B<743:RWASSC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A case of synchronous contralateral adrenal metastasis of renal cell c arcinoma occurring in a 64-year-old male is reported herein. The patie nt underwent a left transperitoneal nephrectomy for renal cell carcino ma and right adrenalectomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. T o our knowledge this is the 14th case of contralateral adrenal metasta sis of renal cell carcinoma in the international literature.