Remote recurrence of renal cell carcinoma.
A fifty-nine-year-old man with abnormal liver function tests, fever, and weight loss was found to have a recurrence of renal cell carcinoma which had been latent for twenty-two years. Reactive hepatitis was a prominent associated finding. The important features of remote recurrence of renal cell carcinoma are discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors