Pulmonary metastasis from urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract 29 years after nephrectomy

BACKGROUND: Late pulmonary metastasis from urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the upper urinary tract is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. He had a history of left nephrectomy with a diagnosis of UC in the renal pelv...

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Autores principales: Kawaguchi, Koji, Okasaka, Toshiki, Fukui, Takayuki, Fukumoto, Koichi, Nakamura, Shota, Hakiri, Shuhei, Ozeki, Naoki, Yokoi, Kohei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5285295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-017-0293-3
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Late pulmonary metastasis from urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the upper urinary tract is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. He had a history of left nephrectomy with a diagnosis of UC in the renal pelvis 29 years previously. Computed tomography showed a mass lesion in the right middle lobe of the lung that measured 4.9 cm in diameter. A transbronchial biopsy revealed the tumor to be metastatic pulmonary UC, and he underwent right middle lobectomy of the lung. CONCLUSION: Long-term postoperative follow-up of patients with UC might be necessary after radical nephrectomy.

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