[A case of metastatic renal tumor originating from lung cancer difficult to distinguish from renal cell carcinoma]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1998 Jul;44(7):489-92.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 66-year-old female underwent left lower lobectomy for her lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) in November 1992, followed by the resection of brain metastasis in October 1993. Later, a left renal tumor with paraaortic lymph node swelling was found by a follow-up abdominal CT. She was treated with left nephrectomy and the resection of the paraaortic lymph nodes in June 1997. The histopathology of the resected tumor and the lymph nodes revealed a metastatic renal tumor originating from the pulmonary adenocarcinoma. There have been 38 reported cases of metastatic renal tumor from lung cancer in the Japanese literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Nephrectomy