1. Presented by Peter Illei, M.D. and prepared by Amy Duffield, M.D., Ph.D.

Routine check up of this 67 y.o. female patient with hypertension detected elevated potassium levels. Abdominal imaging studies revealed a 4.0 cm mass in the right kidney and a 7.5 cm mass in the left adrenal. A right radical nephrectomy and left total adrenelactomy was performed. Gross exam revealed a 4.0 cm extensively hemorrhagic tumor in the kidney that was confined to the kidney and shoed no evidence of vascular invasion. The adrenal weighed 295 grams and contained a 7.5 cm tumor that was also confined to the adrenal. No necrosis or hemorrhage was noted.

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