Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (CE-EUS) findings in adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.

Journal: Journal Of Medical Ultrasonics (2001)
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Abstract

Solitary adrenal metastasis is often difficult to distinguish from benign adrenal tumor using only plain computed tomography (CT) scanning. We describe a solitary left adrenal gland mass in a patient who had undergone simultaneous gastrectomy and right nephrectomy for advanced gastric cancer and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), respectively. Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (CE-EUS) findings indicated a hypervascular adrenal mass, and EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) revealed clear cell carcinoma. Adrenalectomy confirmed metastatic clear cell carcinoma of the kidney.

Authors
Susumu Hijioka, Akira Sawaki, Nobumasa Mizuno, Kazuo Hara, Mohamed Mekky, Hussein El Amin, Zain El Abdeen Ahmed Sayed, Mssahiro Tajika, Yasumasa Niwa, Kenji Yamao