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Renal cell carcinomas have propensity to metastasise to almost any organ. About 4.7–10.0% of these cases present with ipsilateral adrenal metastasis. The incidence of contralateral adrenal metastases are rare, they, however, can occur before, simultaneously or even after the primary neoplasm manifests clinically. Only a few synchronous and metachronous contra lateral adrenal metastases have been reported. We report a case of renal cell carcinoma with synchronous contralateral adrenal and lung metastasis.
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Murtaza, R., Tiwary, A.K., Murtaza, S. et al. Renal cell carcinoma with contralateral synchronous adrenal and lung metastasis: A rare case report. Hellenic J Surg 89, 45–48 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-017-0379-1
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