Open AccessA rare case of synchronous adrenocortical carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Urmila Majhi,
Kanchan Murhekar,
Mahendranath P Reddy,
N Kathiresan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.83409
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , abdominal distension , urology , adrenocortical carcinoma , adrenalectomy , carcinoma , abdominal mass , radiology , distension , kidney
We present here a rare case of synchronous adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A 27-year-old woman presented with gradual abdominal distension, hematuria, and loss of weight of 3-months duration. She gave a history of treatment for hypertension. The computed axial tomography (CT) scan revealed a large retroperitoneal mass. Her urinary VMA was slightly elevated. Her 24-h urinary metanephrine level was normal. The patient underwent left adrenalectomy, left nephrectomy, spleenectomy, and distal pancreactomy with segmental colonic resection. Postoperative pathology revealed ACC of left suprarenal measuring 22 × 19 × 18 cm(3) and RCC involving the left upper pole of kidney measuring 3 × 2 × 1 cm(3).