[An esophageal cancer with a renal metastasis that was detected and resected as the only focus of recurrence].
Reported is the case of an esophageal cancer presenting a renal metastasis, which was detected and resected as the only recurrent focus. The patient was a 62-year-old male. Five months after an esophagectomy, a left renal mass was detected by abdominal computerized tomography, and a rise in the SCC antigen. The urinary cytology suggested a renal metastasis of the esophageal cancer. Thus, chemotherapy and irradiation was performed, followed by a resection. The histology of the resected mass showed a squamous cell carcinoma, similar to the findings at the primary site. A renal metastasis of an esophageal carcinoma usually is latent, but not rarely found on postmortem examination. A nephrectomy for a renal metastasis of an esophageal cancer is rare, and only 8 cases are reported in the literature.
Shimizu
H
H
Dept. of Surgery, Laboratory of Tochigi Cancer Center.
Koyama
Y
Y
Ozawa
I
I
Inada
T
T
Hishinuma
S
S
Kotake
K
K
Ikeda
T
T
Ogata
Y
Y
Hagiwara
M
M
Suzuki
K
K
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D015843:Serpins; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015843:Serpins; C051072:squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen