[A case report of renal cell carcinoma with bilateral adrenal metastases]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1997 Feb;43(2):127-30.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 52-year-old man consulted our hospital with a right abdominal mass. Imaging diagnosis revealed a 10.5-cm right renal tumor and bilateral adrenal masses (7 cm on the left side and 2.5 cm on the right). A radical nephrectomy and bilateral adrenalectomy demonstrated renal cell carcinoma with metastases to bilateral adrenal glands. Despite prophylactic treatment with interferon-alpha, a swollen left cervical lymph node and a left renal mass, which seemed to be metastatic lesions, developed respectively 6 and 33 months postoperative. He is alive with disease at 40 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / therapy
  • Humans
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Interferon-alpha