Simultaneous bilateral adrenal involvement by renal cell carcinoma: experience with 3 cases.
We report 3 cases of renal cell carcinoma and synchronous bilateral adrenal metastases discovered preoperatively with computerized tomography and other imaging techniques. Surgical treatment consisted of radical nephrectomy through a transperitoneal approach, with adjunctive lower polar resection in a patient with bilateral renal tumors, and contralateral adrenalectomy. Subsequent steroid treatment was given.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed