title: Solitary metachronous contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Malignant involvement of the contralateral adrenal gland in cases of renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare. We report a case of solitary metachronous contralateral adrenal metastasis occurring 7.5 years after radical nephrectomy. The metastasis was treated with adrenalectomy and steroid replacement. Thirty months later, the patient remained without evidence of disease. This very rare presentation can prove to be a diagnostic challenge. Appropriate aggressive surgical treatment is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ertl
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Darras
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy