Renal cell carcinoma has myriad presentations. Inguinal metastasis at presentation is a rare finding in this tumor.
Possible mechanisms of such metastasis may include retrograde lymphatic spread or spread via retrograde spermatic vein flow. Excision of the left inguinal nodal mass was done with a left radical nephrectomy. At a 1-year follow-up, there was no evidence of any locoregional or systemic recurrence, even in the absence of systemic adjuvant immunotherapy.
KEYWORDS: Renal cell carcinoma, inguinal metastasis, varicocele
CORRESPONDENCE: Sameer Trivedi, MCh, Department of Urology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ()
CITATION: UroToday Int J. 2012 August;5(4):art 41.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2012.08.14