Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis to Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma: A First Report | Zendy

Toshitaka Shin | Zendy; Tomoko Kan | Zendy; Fuminori Sato | Zendy; Hiromitsu Mimata | Zendy

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Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis to Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma: A First Report

Author(s) -

Toshitaka Shin,

Tomoko Kan,

Fuminori Sato,

Hiromitsu Mimata

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in urology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-696X

pISSN - 2090-6978

DOI - 10.1155/2011/520839

Subject(s) - medicine , chromophobe cell , renal cell carcinoma , metastasis , renal tumor , pathology , carcinoma , nephrectomy , kidney , clear cell , cancer

Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare phenomenon. From our review of the international literature, around 150 cases have been reported since it was first documented by Campbel in 1868. Renal clear cell carcinoma is well known to be the most common recipient of tumor-to-tumor metastasis in all tumors. However, renal chromophobe cell carcinoma has not been reported to be a recipient. Here, we report a first case of colorectal carcinoma metastatic to chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.

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