title: Solitary contralateral adrenal metastasis after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Malignant involvement of the contralateral adrenal gland in cases of renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare. Solitary metachronous metastatic involvement of the contralateral adrenal gland from renal cell carcinoma is rarely diagnosed during life. In fact, clinical signs and symptoms of adrenal insufficiency are rare in these patients. We report a case of renal cell carcinoma with solitary metachronous contralateral adrenal metastasis occurring 9 years after radical nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Medical Center Pontchaillou, Rennes, France. s_moudouni@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moudouni
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: En-Nia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rioux-Leclercq
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guille
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lobel
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy