Description
The specimen shows kidney which is unremarkable and the adjacent adrenal gland which is
expanded and replaced by tumour.
History
This man had a history of tuberculosis of the right lung with a right lower lobectomy in
1953. In December 1975 he presented with swelling of the face and breathlessness and
subsequently was found to have osteolytic lesions in the ribs and vertebrae. Biopsy of a rib showed
a poorly differentiated carcinoma. At autopsy the lesion was found to be a poorly differentiated
adeno-carcinoma probably arising from the lung with secondaries in adrenals and bones.