Multiple Skeletal Muscle Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy

Author: Hur J.   Yoon C. S.   Jung W. -H.  

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

ISSN: 0284-1851

Source: Acta Radiologica, Vol.48, Iss.2, 2007-01, pp. : 238-241

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Abstract

Skeletal muscle metastasis is a rare condition in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We here present an extremely rare case of late recurrence in a patient with RCC who had multiple muscle metastases 19 years after radical nephrectomy. This case shows that a soft-tissue mass in a patient with a known history of RCC even after curative nephrectomy, particularly with hypervascularity, must be regarded as highly suspicious of skeletal muscle metastasis.

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