Renal metastasis of malignant melanoma with unknown primary

Urology. 2007 Feb;69(2):384.e9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.11.013.

Abstract

The kidney is a common location for micrometastases in patients with malignant melanomas. These lesions are usually small, multiple, asymptomatic, and bilateral, and associated with a known primary lesion. This is an unusual case of a 38-year-old woman, with no history of melanoma, presenting with an asymptomatic solitary renal mass and two lung masses. She was doing well 3 months after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and one course of interleukin-2 therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Interleukin-2 / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Melanoma / therapy
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnosis*
  • Nephrectomy / methods
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Interleukin-2