Open AccessIsolated pleural metastasis in a postoperative case of renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Saika Amreen,
Shazia Bashir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.202538
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , nephrectomy , malignancy , renal cell carcinoma , distant metastasis , carcinoma , oncology , pathology , kidney , cancer
Renal cell carcinoma is a common malignancy with nephrectomy as a promising treatment. However, it has predisposition toward distant metastasis. This case highlights the significance of active surveillance in these patients to detect rare sites of metastasis such as isolated pleural metastasis