title: [Renal cell carcinoma with solitary asynchronous adrenal metastasis].
abstract: We report 3 cases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with solitary asynchronous adrenal metastasis. Case 1; A 43-year-old female was diagnosed with ipsilateral adrenal metastasis 10 years after nephrectomy of RCC (T2, N0, M0). She is alive with no evidence of disease five years after adrenalectomy. Case 2; A 53-year-old female had contralateral adrenal metastasis 10 years after nephrectomy (T3, N0, M0). She died with distant metastasis fourteen months post-operatively. Case 3; A 56-year-old man was diagnosed with contralateral adrenal metastasis 3 years after nephrectomy (T3, N0, M0). He is alive with no evidence of disease twenty months postoperatively. Two of our three cases are alive and tumor-free. However, adrenal metastasis was found in case 1 and case 2, even though more than ten years had passed after nephrectomy. Therefore we should observe the patients periodically after radical nephrectomy for a long time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kihara
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period