Solitary psoas muscle metastasis after radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
Skeletal muscle is a very rare location for the metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and only one case of solitary metastasis to the psoas muscle has been reported. We present a 63-year-old male patient with late recurrence (14 years) after left side radical nephrectomy for RCC. He first visited Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka University, Japan in January 2000 for a postoperative follow-up because he had shifted residence to the area. Follow-up was by abdominal computed tomography (CT) and chest X-ray. In December 2001, a CT scan showed a 1.5 cm enhanced mass in the right psoas muscle without any other metastasis. The mass was resected that month and histological study showed RCC metastasis.
Taira
Hiroshi
H
Department of Urology, Chikushi-Hospital, Fukuoka University, Chikushino, Japan. h-taira@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Ishii
Tatsu
T
Inoue
Yoshio
Y
Hiratsuka
Yoshiharu
Y
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery