Metastasizing renal cell carcinoma developing in a congenital ectopic and dysplastic kidney.
We present the first case of a metastasizing renal cell carcinoma arising within a partially regressed multicystic dysplastic and ectopic left kidney in a 34-year-old patient. Despite nephrectomy and adjuvant immunotherapy, the patient died 4 months after diagnosis. Even though a recent systematic review found no evidence to support any of the different modalities for following up children with MCKD by ultrasound (Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine,


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Akkad
Thomas
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Department of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. thomas.akkad@uki.at
Sergi
Consolato
C
Gozzi
Christian
C
Steiner
Hannes
H
Leonhartsberger
Nicolai
N
Mitterberger
Michael
M
Bartsch
Georg
G
Radmayr
Christian
C
Oswald
Josef
J
D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome