Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report

Matheus Miranda Paiva; Alessandro Vengjer; Guilherme Henrique Silveira Stiirmer; Gabriel Rodrigues Almeida; Fernando Oliveira Dos Santos; Paulo Peixoto do Nascimento

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102454

Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral adrenal metastasis: Case report

Urol Case Rep. 2023 May 29:49:102454. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102454. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Authors

Matheus Miranda Paiva¹, Alessandro Vengjer^{1

2}, Guilherme Henrique Silveira Stiirmer¹, Gabriel Rodrigues Almeida¹, Fernando Oliveira Dos Santos^{1

2}, Paulo Peixoto do Nascimento^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Holy House of Mercy of Santos, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Metropolitan University of Santos (UNIMES), 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.

Keywords: Adrenalectomy; Contralateral adrenal metastasis; Nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports