Metastatic renal cell carcinoma mimicking pleural mesothelioma.
Although it is well known that renal cell carcinoma metastasizes to the thorax, sole pleural metastasis is rare. We report a case of mesothelioma-like metastasis of renal cell carcinoma.
Azuma
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T
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Nishimatsu
H
H
Nakagawa
T
T
Tomita
K
K
Takeuchi
T
T
Homma
Y
Y
Tajima
A
A
Kawabe
K
K
Kitamura
T
T
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography