[Bilateral adrenal masses from renal cell carcinoma: a case report].
We report a case of bilateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. A 65-year-old man was referred to our hospital for a right renal mass. A computed tomography revealed a 9 cm right renal tumor and bilateral adrenal masses (3.5 cm on the right side and 4.5 cm on the left). A right radical nephrectomy and bilateral adrenalectomy demonstrated renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to bilateral adrenal glands. The pathological findings of the right renal tumor showed clear cell carcinoma, G3 > G2 and both adrenal tumors showed the same pathology as the right renal tumor. The patient is alive with lung metastasis after 15 months postoperatively treated with interferon-alpha.
Department of Urology, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital.
Koichi
K
Shioi
Kentarou
K
Muraoka
Takeshi
T
Tomoda
Minoru
M
Yoshida
Kazunori
K
Takase
Hirokazu
H
Kishi
Sumio
S
Noguchi
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012074:Remission Induction
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016898:Interferon-alpha