Table 1 Summary of renal–adrenal fusion reported in the literature
Reference | Age/sex | Procedure | Initial clinical impression | Laterality | Final diagnosis in addition to renal–adrenal fusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honore et al. [2] | 47/F | NA (postmortem examination) | NA | R | NA |
Ye et al. [3] | 51/M | Radical nephrectomy | Renal cell carcinoma | L | Papillary renal cell carcinoma |
Ye et al. [3] | 49/F | Partial nephrectomy | Adrenal cortical adenoma | L | Adrenal cortical adenoma |
Colberg et al. [4] | 83/F | Partial nephrectomy with adrenalectomy | Renal mass | R | Adrenal heterotopia |
Fan et al. [5] | 62/M | Radical nephrectomy | Renal cyst | R | Adrenal Pseudocyst |
Mahadevia et al. [6] | 76/F | Partial nephrectomy with adrenalectomy | Renal mass | L | Adrenal cortical adenoma |
James et al. [7] | 54/M | Adrenalectomy | Primary hyperaldosteronism | R | Adrenal cortical adenoma |
James et al. [7] | 41/F | NA | Renal mass | R | Adrenal cortical neoplasm |
James et al. [7] | 45/F | NA | Renal mass | R | Clear cell renal cell carcinoma |
James et al. [7] | 68/M | NA | Renal mass | R | Clear cell renal cell carcinoma and renal hematoma |
James et al. [7] | 43/F | NA | Renal cortical cyst | R | Cortical cyst |
St Clair et al. [8] | 61/M | Partial nephrectomy with adrenalectomy | Renal mass | L | Adrenal cortical adenoma |
Patel et al. [9] | 70/F | Partial nephrectomy | Renal mass | L | Intrarenal adrenal cortical adenoma |
Miller et al. [10] | 62/F | Partial nephrectomy with adrenalectomy | Cystic renal mass | L | Adrenal cortical adenoma and ectopic adrenal tissue |
Bamford et al. [11] | 55/M | NA (radiological diagnosis) | Urothelial carcinoma | Bilateral | NA |
Basourakos et al. [12] | 61/M | Radical nephrectomy | Renal mass | R | Pheochromocytoma |
Schwenke et al. [13] | 48/F | NA (radiological diagnosis) | Renal mass | Bilateral | Right adrenal myelolipoma |
Boll et al. [14] | 59/M | Adrenalectomy with partial nephrectomy | Adrenal cortical adenoma | R | Adrenal cortical adenoma |
Present case | 77/F | Adrenalectomy with partial nephrectomy | Adrenal mass | L | Adrenal cortical adenoma |