[Contralateral aneurysm-like adrenal gland metastasis of a renal adenocarcinoma].
The authors report a case of adrenal metastasis contralateral to a renal cell carcinoma in a 74-year-old patient who had undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Nine months later, computed tomography revealed a hypervascular mass considered to be an aneurysm of the splenic artery. Arteriography led to the diagnosis of hypervascular adrenal tumour. Left adrenalectomy was performed. Histological examination showed a metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. This is an unusual form of renal cancer metastasis. Its treatment and prognosis are discussed.
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Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
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Chopin
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Métastase surrénalienne à forme anévrysmale controlatérale d'un adénocarcinome rénal.