Solitary psoas muscle metastasis after radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma |
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Authors: | HIROSHI TAIRA TATSU ISHII YOSHIO INOUE YOSHIHARU HIRATSUKA |
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Affiliation: | Department of Urology, Chikushi-Hospital, Fukuoka University, Chikushino, Japan. h-taira@fukuoka-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Skeletal muscle is a very rare location for the metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and only one case of solitary metastasis to the psoas muscle has been reported. We present a 63-year-old male patient with late recurrence (14 years) after left side radical nephrectomy for RCC. He first visited Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka University, Japan in January 2000 for a postoperative follow-up because he had shifted residence to the area. Follow-up was by abdominal computed tomography (CT) and chest X-ray. In December 2001, a CT scan showed a 1.5 cm enhanced mass in the right psoas muscle without any other metastasis. The mass was resected that month and histological study showed RCC metastasis. |
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Keywords: | neoplasm metastasis psoas muscles renal cell carcinoma |
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