A case of bronchial obstruction by metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
A 68-year-old Chinese male with a history of renal cell carcinoma presenting with increasing shortness of breath and hemoptysis was found to have subtotal left main bronchial obstruction secondary to a metastatic endobronchial tumor. The mass was completely resected through a rigid ventilating bronchoscope, and a silicone stent was placed over the tumor bed in the left main bronchus. He remained asymptomatic with no evidence of bronchoscopic recurrence 4 months after the procedure. Obstructive endobronchial metastases from nonpulmonary primaries are rare. Endoluminal resection with stent placement can provide good palliation in this group of patients with limited survival.
Yim
A P
AP
Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
Abdullah
V J
VJ
Chan
H
H
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male