Adrenal-Renal Fusion with Adrenal Cortical Adenoma and Ectopic Adrenal Tissue, Presenting as Suspected Renal Mass: A Case Report.

Adrenal-renal fusion with adrenal cortical adenoma is a rare anomaly with only a few cases described in the literature. Imaging-based identification of this anomaly remains a diagnostic challenge, making it difficult to differentiate upper pole renal malignancy from adrenal cortical adenoma. We describe a case of a 62-year-old woman with an upper pole cystic renal mass on imaging, who underwent robotic partial nephrectomy.

[Expressions of cytoprotective proteins for human renal allografts].

Objective: To investigate the expression status and clinical significance of cytoprotective proteins to human renal allografts.

Methods: Expressions of cytoprotective proteins: antiapoptotic protein (A20), hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1), and B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-X(L) (Bcl-X(L)) were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and compared in 30 renal allografts, including 10 grafts undergoing acute rejection (AR), 10 grafts undergoing chronic rejection (CR), and 10 nonrejecting (NR) grafts.

Results: Expressions of A20, HO-1 and Bcl-X(L) localized mainly in endothelial, smooth muscle, and infiltrating mononuclear cells.