title: Localized Pleural Metastases of Renal Cell Carcinoma After Nephrectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
abstract: We herein report the case of a 61-year-old Japanese male with localized pleural metastases of renal cell carcinoma. The patient was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea on exertion and left-sided pleural effusion. He had undergone right radical nephrectomy 10 years previously. Contrast-enhanced whole-body computed tomography revealed scattered nodular thickening of the left pleura with contrast enhancement and left-sided pleural effusion. Thoracoscopy performed under local anesthesia was applied to obtain a biopsy of the pleural nodules, and the specimen was consequently diagnosed as exhibiting pleural metastasis of renal cell carcinoma, clear cell type.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Respiratory Medicine, Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Fukuoka †Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobino
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asaji
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaji
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuruno
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mukasa
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ebi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed