title: Biological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of a case of renal cell carcinoma occurring with bladder and contralateral adrenal metastasis.
abstract: We report a case of renal cell carcinoma occurring with bladder and contralateral adrenal metastasis discovered preoperatively with computerized tomography. Surgical treatment consisted of radical nephrectomy, with preservation of the ipsilateral adrenal gland, contralateral adrenalectomy, and transvesical resection of the bladder neoplasm. The hypothesis for the mechanism(s) of spread and treatment modalities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbanti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beneforti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Misuri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Mauro
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery