A record-breaking lung metastasis from renal cell carcinoma 37 years after nephrectomy.
J Surg Case Rep
; 2017(10): rjx205, 2017 Oct.
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Development of distant metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a frequent occurrence and, in nearly 95% of the cases, secondary lesions present within 5 years following nephrectomy. We performed a left pneumonectomy for a peri-hilar lung mass in an 81-year-old man with history of kidney cancer, resected 37 years earlier. Histopathological examination revealed a solitary lung metastasis from RCC, relapsed after an extraordinary 37-year time interval. To the best of our knowledge, this remarkable case represents the longest time interval between radical nephrectomy for RCC and the occurrence of a pulmonary metastasis. After an uneventful post-operative recovery, there are no signs of disease recurrence at a 3-year follow-up. The possibility of a lung metastasis should be taken into account in patients with history of RCC who present with pulmonary nodules, even decades after treatment of the primary neoplasm.
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