Open AccessLocally recurrent renal cell carcinoma: 25 years later
Author(s) -
Namrata Patil,
Prakash Shetty,
Maulesh Dholakia,
V. Srinivas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.26577
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , carcinoma , urology , surgery , kidney , oncology
Local recurrence after radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurs in about 2% cases within the first 5 years.[1] However, isolated local recurrence in RCC after 10 years is very rare. We report a case of local recurrence, twenty-five years after radical nephrectomy