Hemoptysis due to a lung metastasis of renal cell carcinoma: A case report

Tomoaki Nishimura, MD; Tetsuya Katsumori, MD; Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD; Kaori Nishizawa, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2023)

Hemoptysis due to a lung metastasis of renal cell carcinoma: A case report

Tomoaki Nishimura, MD,
Tetsuya Katsumori, MD,
Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD,
Kaori Nishizawa, MD

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Tomoaki Nishimura, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan; Corresponding author.
Tetsuya Katsumori, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan
Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD: Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
Kaori Nishizawa, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 1073 – 1075

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A 53-year-old man with a history of surgery for renal cancer was referred to our hospital due to massive hemoptysis. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed a well-enhanced pulmonary nodule suggestive of a tumor (diameter of 16 mm), which was considered a causal lesion. Bronchial artery embolization was successfully performed and subsequently hemoptysis disappeared. However, hemoptysis recurred 6 months later, and the tumor was surgically resected. Pathological examination revealed the resected tumor was a lung metastasis of renal cell carcinoma, which directly invaded into pulmonary bronchus. Hemoptysis secondary to lung metastasis of renal cell carcinoma has rarely been reported in the literature.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/radiology-case-reports/

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