Hepatocellular carcinoma with metastasis to the kidney: report of a case

J Formos Med Assoc. 1994 Jan;93(1):71-4.

Abstract

A patient was found to have coincidental right hepatic and right renal tumors on abdominal ultrasonographic and computed tomographic examinations. On operation, the right lobe of the liver was occupied by a massive tumor measuring 15 x 10 cm in size. There was another tumor measuring 12 x 11 cm on the upper pole of the right kidney. The two large tumors were very closely located, separated only by a thin peritoneum. Hepatocellular carcinoma with renal metastasis or renal cell carcinoma with hepatic metastasis was suspected. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical studies ultimately confirmed the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with renal metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged