Isolated liver metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma 12 years after nephrectomy: report of a case and literature review.
We present a rare case of isolated liver metastasis from renal cell carcinoma 12 years after complete resection of the primary site. Such abnormal behavior of renal cell carcinoma has been reported elsewhere in the literature; thus, careful long-term surveillance should be performed in patients with a past history of renal cell carcinoma, even after radical resection of the primary site. We present also contrast-enhanced sonographic findings for this case.
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan. h-ohno@rio.ocn.ne.jp.
Hideo
H
Ohno
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hideaki
H
Ishida
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Tomoya
T
Komatsuda
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Kayoko
K
Furukawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Mamiko
M
Yamada
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Yagisawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Yumi
Y
Katsuura
Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Kotanagi
(isolated) metastasis; contrast-enhanced sonography; liver; renal cell carcinoma; ultrasound