CONTRALATERAL ADRENAL METASTASIS IN RENAL CELL CARCINOMA

• Published in: Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai zasshi Vol. 75; no. 10; pp. 1646 - 1651
• Main Authors: Katsuoka, Yoji, Kawashima, Toshifumi, Shiramizu, Miki, Murakami, Yasuhide
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan THE JAPANESE UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 01.10.1984
• Subjects: Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - secondary; Aged; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - secondary; Humans; Kidney Neoplasms - pathology; Kidney Neoplasms - therapy; Male; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Approximately one third of patients discovered to have renal cell carcinoma already have distant metastasis at the time of tumor diagnosis. The commonest sites for metastasis are lungs, lymphnodes, and bones. Adrenal metastasis is a fairly common finding in autopsy series with a 7 to 19 per cent inc...