title: Renal carcinoma with a solitary synchronous contralateral adrenal metastasis: a case report.
abstract: A case of synchronous contralateral adrenal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma occurring in a 64-year-old male is reported herein. The patient underwent a left transperitoneal nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma and right adrenalectomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. To our knowledge this is the 14th case of contralateral adrenal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma in the international literature.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sapienza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stipa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucandri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baratti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delfino
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mingazzini
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged