Simultaneous bilateral adrenal involvement by renal cell carcinoma: experience with 3 cases

J Urol. 1987 Mar;137(3):480-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)44077-8.

Abstract

We report 3 cases of renal cell carcinoma and synchronous bilateral adrenal metastases discovered preoperatively with computerized tomography and other imaging techniques. Surgical treatment consisted of radical nephrectomy through a transperitoneal approach, with adjunctive lower polar resection in a patient with bilateral renal tumors, and contralateral adrenalectomy. Subsequent steroid treatment was given.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed