Occasional diagnosis of synchronous renal cell carcinoma during staging of other primary tumors.
Synchronous renal cell cancer (RCC) associated with primary neoplasms of other organs or tissues represents a rare diagnostic report during life. Recently, the widespread use of new diagnostic techniques (echography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) has permitted diagnosis of clinically silent RCC. We report 6 RCC cases occasionally diagnosed during initial staging of a primary cancer of other organs: 1 rhinopharyngeal carcinoma, 1 gastric cancer, 1 Waldenström's disease, 1 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 2 breast cancer, RCC was clinically silent in all patients. The diagnostic problems related to a report of a renal mass in patients with neoplastic disease at other sites and the consequent therapeutic implications are discussed.
Piccinini
L
L
Cattedra di Terapia Medica Sistematica, Università di Modena, Italy.
Luppi
G
G
Zoboli
A
A
Torricelli
P
P
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology