title: Synchronous and metachronous contralateral adrenal metastases from primary renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Two rare cases of contralateral adrenal metastases are reported. One with a synchronous presentation where the renal tumor was removed together with a solitary large contralateral adrenal metastasis. The second patient underwent adrenalectomy for a metastatic lesion diagnosed 4 years after nephrectomy performed for renal cell carcinoma of the contralateral kidney. Five years following the adrenalectomy the patient underwent leg amputation because of a solitary bone metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Lady-Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mecz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lurie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lurie
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; 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; D013997:Time Factors