Contralateral tumor seeding of renal cell carcinoma mimicking late metastasis of liver after laparoscopic nephrectomy: A case report with review of the literature

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2015 Sep 30;87(3):256-7. doi: 10.4081/aiua.2015.3.256.

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery has been increasingly used every day in the management of urologic malignancies. Even though it seems as a minimally invasive surgery, during these interventions tumor seeding, as seen in open surgery, confronts us as a rarely seen serious risk. Herein, we have reported a case who demonstrated peritoneal tumor implantation at 12 month postoperative follow up after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) performed for Furhman grade 1 (T2N0M0) renal cell cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Neoplasm Seeding*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Nephrectomy / adverse effects*
  • Nephrectomy / methods
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Reoperation
  • Treatment Outcome