Renal cell carcinoma with intravascular lymphomatosis: a case report of unusual collision tumors with review of the literature

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 Sep;125(9):1239-41. doi: 10.5858/2001-125-1239-RCCWIL.

Abstract

We report the case of a 77-year-old white woman who presented with a left breast mass, lethargy, and weight loss. Pelvic computed tomographic scan revealed a 9.5-cm mass in the right kidney. Surgical pathology demonstrated a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the subcutaneous tissue of the breast and renal cell carcinoma with concurrent extensive intravascular lymphomatosis. Systemic dissemination of malignant lymphoma to a concurrent visceral primary neoplasm is rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case illustrating a renal cell carcinoma collision with intravascular lymphomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery