Isolated contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A rare presentation and review of literature

Nisha Buchade, Rahul S. Kanaka and JagadishwarGoud Gajagowni

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  ¹Department ofSurgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

 *Corresponding authors:Dr.JagadishwarGoudGajagowni, MS,M.Ch.,Consultant surgical oncologist and Head, Department of Surgical Oncologyand Robotic Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Mobile: 9849015534; Email: jagadishgdr@yahoo.com and Dr.Buchade N, MS, Fellowship in Gynaec-oncology, Department of Surgical oncologyand Robotic Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Mobile: 9676274499; Email: nishabuchade@yahoo.co.in

 Received 23 January 2015; Revised 7 March 2016; Accepted 15 March 2016; Published 22 March 2016

Citation:Buchade N,Kanaka RS, GajagowniJG. Isolated contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A rare presentation and review of literature. J Med Sci Res. 2016; 4(2):62-64. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-015

 Copyright: © 2016 Buchade N, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Centre. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

 Renal cell carcinoma is an aggressive tumour with high metastatic potential. It is known for haematogenous metastasis to any part of the body.Ipsilateral adrenal gland is involved by direct spread or haematogenously in 2-10% of patients but contralateral adrenal gland metastasis is extremely rare and accounts for 0.19% of cases. A case of isolated contralateral adrenal metastasis in a patient with renal cell carcinoma is discussed.

Keywords:renal cell carcinoma; adrenal gland metastasis; isolated; contralateral