title: Renal cell carcinoma with solitary contralateral adrenal metastasis.
abstract: We report on 2 cases of renal cell carcinoma with solitary contralateral adrenal metastasis which was demonstrated six months and one year, respectively, after radical nephrectomy. Pulmonary metastases developed six months after adrenalectomy in 1 patient; the other patient is alive without any evidence of disease twenty-two months after adrenalectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akimoto
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed