Obstinate cough as a sole presenting symptom of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) causes many kinds of symptoms such as hypercalcemia, hypertension, polycythemia and fever. Here we describe a rare case of RCC presenting with a persistent cough. After radical nephrectomy, the obstinate cough disappeared. When the tumor recurred locally, the cough also recurred. Furthermore, the cough disappeared completely again after the removal of the recurrent tumor. Although all the clinical findings suggested that the RCC caused the cough, we could not identify a specific humoral substance responsible for the cough.
Okubo
Yuhei
Y
Department of Urology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. yuhei.okubo@jfcr.or.jp
Yonese
Junji
J
Kawakami
Satoru
S
Yamamoto
Sinya
S
Komai
Yoshinobu
Y
Takeshita
Hideki
H
Ishikawa
Yuichi
Y
Fukui
Iwao
I
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*