Intravesical recurrence of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

Abstract

Metachronous metastasis from renal cell cancer (RCC) after radical surgery can occur in up to one third of patients, most commonly from clear cell RCC. Metastatectomy is a suitable management strategy in oligometastatic disease.We present the case of a 78-year-old woman who developed haematuria 2 years after left radical nephroureterectomy for a pT3aNx chromophobe RCC (ChRCC). No adjuvant therapy was given and surveillance to date was negative for metastasis.A large solitary bladder tumour which was resected, and histopathology confirmed intravesical recurrence of the ChRCC. We present this case and discuss intravesical recurrences of renal cancer.