title: Metastasis to gallbladder and adrenal gland of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: We studied a case of metastasis to the gallbladder and left adrenal gland of clear cell-type renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the right kidney. A polypoid gallbladder tumor and left adrenal mass were found 2 years after surgery for clear cell-type RCC in a 50-year-old man. The gallbladder tumor and left adrenal mass showed hypervascularity on diagnostic imaging. Systemic image screening showed no other metastatic lesion. Simple cholecystectomy and left adrenalectomy were performed. A histopathological examination showed tumor cells in a gallbladder polyp. Furthermore, based on various specific and immunohistochemical studies, the patient was pathologically diagnosed to have gallbladder and right adrenal gland metastasis of clear cell-type RCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Sunao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sekido
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Toyoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terachi