title: [Long survival in patient with invasive renal pelvic carcinoma treated with frequentative resection of pulmonary metastasis and chemotherapy: a case report].
abstract: A 51-year-old man was referred to our hospital for treatment of left renal pelvic tumor diagnosed with computed tomography (CT) on health screening. Retroperitoneoscopy-assisted radical left nephroureterectomy was performed under a diagnosis of left renal pelvic carcinoma. Histopathological examination showed urothelial carcinoma (UC), Grade 2 > > Grade 3, pT3. Subsequently to the radical operation, pulmonary metastasis appeared four times. But the patient with free of recurrence survives 6 years later, treated with chemotherapy and resection of pulmonary metastasis. Although the patient with high grade invasive renal pelvic carcinoma usually has a poor prognosis, it seems to be a possibility that if the lesion is resectable, resection of pulmonary metastasis carries a good prognosis.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Nagahama City Hospital.
authors.forename: Ryusei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yokokawa
authors.forename: Harutoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuka
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muranaka
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis