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Published on: April 12, 2017
Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report
Matheus Miranda Paiva1, Alessandro Vengjer1,2, Guilherme Henrique Silveira Stiirmer1
1Holy House of Mercy of Santos, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Renal cell carcinoma is the major cause of kidney malignancy. Its adrenal metastasis is less frequent and is even rarer when it is affected contralaterally or bilaterally. We present the case of a 55-year-old man with diffuse abdominal pain. An irregular mass in the lower third of the left renal cortex and another in the right adrenal gland. Pathology showed it was a renal cell carcinoma with metastasis in the contralateral adrenal gland.
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