The natural history of metachronous renal cell carcinoma.
A case of metachronous renal cell carcinoma is reported in a 52-year-old male patient who had previously undergone radical nephrectomy for cancer in 1989. He was thereafter monitored with annual CT-scans. In January 1994, a small, solid, renal parenchymal mass was detected in the opposite kidney. Following that, three consecutive abdominal CT-scans were carried out over the year in order to evaluate any changes. Subsequently, elective right nephron-sparing resection was performed. This report discusses neoplasm detection, evolution and clinical approach in a patient with previous nephrectomy for cancer.
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Department of Urology, Catholic University of S. Heart, Rome, Italy.
Lacquaniti
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Racioppi
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Candidi
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Sasso
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Alcini
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography