title: [Contralateral aneurysm-like adrenal gland metastasis of a renal adenocarcinoma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joual
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Patard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chopin
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Abbou
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Métastase surrénalienne à forme anévrysmale controlatérale d'un adénocarcinome rénal.