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Retroperitoneal cystic metastasis from a small clear cell renal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Ishii Nobuyuki,
Yonese Junji,
Tsukamoto Tetsurou,
Maezawa Takuya,
Ishikawa Yuuichi,
Fukui Iwao
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2001.00385.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , metastasis , kidney , pathology , carcinoma , lymphatic system , radiology , cancer
A 39‐year‐old housewife was referred to our hospital for the treatment of a small renal tumor. A 25 × 35 mm cystic mass that had been detected by computerized tomography scan just caudal to the renal hilus proved to be a metastasis from the renal carcinoma of clear cell type. The pathogenesis may have been due to tumor cells obstructing a lymphatic vessel draining the kidney. Cystic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is very rare and this appears to be the second published case in the world.