An 85-year-old man was referred for gross hematuria and a recurrent renal pelvic mass in a solitary left kidney, status post right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 11 years previously.
Three years before referral he had undergone ureteroscopic fulguration of a renal pelvis mass that had proved to be metastatic renal cell carcinoma on biopsy. We performed percutaneous resection of the renal pelvic mass, with no local recurrence at 1-year follow up. Contralateral renal pelvic recurrence is a rare form of renal cell carcinoma metastasis.
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330, USA.
Reference: Urology. 2012 Oct;80(4):e33-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.06.044
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22921699
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