Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2021)

Lung metastasis from renal cell carcinoma 16 years after nephrectomy: A case report and review of the literature

  • Moushami Singh,
  • Vinayak Aryal,
  • Ashis Man Singh Dangol,
  • Karun Neupane,
  • Banita Gurung,
  • Suniti Shrestha,
  • Sampurna Man Tuladhar,
  • Swechha Maskey,
  • Hari Prasad Dhakal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 11
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Renal cell carcinoma can have lung metastasis even after a long interval of radical nephrectomy (16 years after nephrectomy in our case). If any pulmonary nodule is diagnosed with a history of RCC, pulmonary metastasis of RCC should be suspected and should be appropriately treated.

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