Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report

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.

Keywords

• Renal cell carcinoma
• Contralateral adrenal metastasis
• Nephrectomy
• Adrenalectomy