Metastatic renal cell carcinoma 24 years after nephrectomy.
Recurrence of renal carcinoma 20 years after primary resection is uncommon. A patient is reported in whom two pulmonary metastases developed 24 years following nephrectomy for renal carcinoma. After a left lower lobectomy and a right pulmonary wedge resection were performed, he survived an additional two years before dying from metastatic disease.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors