Synchronous renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the contralateral adrenal gland and pancreas: A case report with 7-year follow-up subsequent to surgical therapy

Wu,Cunzao; Zhou,Zhenxu; Ye,Xueting; Hu,Weilie

doi:10.3892/ol.2016.4510

Synchronous renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the contralateral adrenal gland and pancreas: A case report with 7-year follow-up subsequent to surgical therapy

Authors:
- Cunzao Wu
- Zhenxu Zhou
- Xueting Ye
- Weilie Hu
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Affiliations: Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325003, P.R. China, Department of Urology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510010, P.R. China
Published online on: April 28, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4510
Pages: 4144-4146

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Abstract

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) disseminates to a number of organ sites and few patients demonstrate long-term survival following surgery. However, synchronous metastasis of RCC to the contralateral adrenal gland and pancreas is rare. In the present report, a case of synchronous RCC metastasis to the contralateral adrenal gland and pancreas in a 55‑year‑old patient, with an 116x92x61 mm right renal tumor and a 96x79x57 mm left adrenal lesion, is described. In April 2007, right nephrectomy was performed to treat the RCC, left adrenalectomy was performed to treat the adrenal tumor and the pancreatic metastases were resected. The patient remained alive at the 7‑year follow-up appointment.

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