title: Ovarian metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: a report of three cases.
abstract: Ovarian metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are very rare. Over the past 16 years we have encountered 3 examples. The first 2 cases occurred in adults 49 and 50 years old, respectively, who had huge ovarian metastases, clinically detected 12 and 14 months, respectively, after diagnosis of RCC. The third case was a 17-year-old girl in whom a metastatic renal cell carcinoma was detected in an otherwise benign-appearing cystic ovarian mass. To the best of our knowledge only 11 cases of clinically detected ovarian metastases of RCC have been reported. We report 3 new cases and review the literature on the subject.
authors: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II," Naples, Italy.
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Insabato
authors: Gaetano
authors: G
authors: De Rosa
authors: Renato
authors: R
authors: Franco
authors: Vittoria
authors: V
authors: D'Onofrio
authors: Dolores
authors: D
authors: Di Vizio
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor