title: Simultaneous bilateral adrenal metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Surgical implications and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of left-side renal cell carcinoma with contemporary bilateral adrenal involvement discovered preoperatively with computerized tomography and other imaging techniques. Surgical treatment consisted of radical nephrectomy with a nearly total contralateral adrenalectomy and the unroofing of a lower pole renal cyst. Postoperative cortisone acetate replacement was instituted. The surgical implications of renal cell carcinoma with metastasis are also discussed.
authors: Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: C C
authors: CC
authors: Yu
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Huang
authors: W S
authors: WS
authors: Tzeng
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Wu
authors: Y H
authors: YH
authors: Lee
authors: B P
authors: BP
authors: Jiaan
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male