title: Renal cell carcinoma presenting as a large abdominal mass with an extensive peritoneal metastasis.
abstract: We report a case of renal cell carcinoma with an extensive intraperitoneal metastasis at the time of diagnosis. This type of metastasis is very rare for renal cell carcinoma and is identified in only 1% of the metastases at autopsy. The findings of computed tomography are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deliveliotis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kouroupakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demonakou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kastriotis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*