title: Isolated metachronous contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Isolated contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal carcinoma is extremely rare. Patients who present with this entity often undergo surgery with the presumed diagnosis of an incidentaloma. A mass in the contralateral adrenal diagnosed following radical nephrectomy for renal carcinoma should be viewed with a high index of suspicion for the presence of metastatic disease. Surgery is the only effective management option and should be offered to these patients.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece. georgesakorafas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: George H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sakorafas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milingos
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Revelos
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siafakas
authors.forename: Panayotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kontopoulos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peros
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*