A case of bronchial obstruction by metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Surg Endosc. 1996 Aug;10(8):855-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00189551.

Abstract

A 68-year-old Chinese male with a history of renal cell carcinoma presenting with increasing shortness of breath and hemoptysis was found to have subtotal left main bronchial obstruction secondary to a metastatic endobronchial tumor. The mass was completely resected through a rigid ventilating bronchoscope, and a silicone stent was placed over the tumor bed in the left main bronchus. He remained asymptomatic with no evidence of bronchoscopic recurrence 4 months after the procedure. Obstructive endobronchial metastases from nonpulmonary primaries are rare. Endoluminal resection with stent placement can provide good palliation in this group of patients with limited survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Endoscopy / methods
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / etiology*
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / surgery
  • Male