Abstract
The sarcomatoid histological type of renal cell carcinoma is a clinically aggressive variant of parenchymal tumor, typically resistant to systemic treatment. We report the case of a 65-year-old female patient who had undergone a left radical nephrectomy for a sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma together with enucleation of a mass of the right kidney and a contralateral nodule diagnosed as clear cell carcinoma. One year later lung, adrenal and sigmoid colon metastases from sarcoma-told renal cell carcinoma were detected and the patient was started on systemic immunotherapy with interteukin-2 and interferon-α. Computed tomography showed marked disease progression and the patient died 3 weeks later. Sigmoid colon metastasis from a primary sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma has never been described in the literature.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 246-248 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Tumori |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - May 2006 |
Keywords
- Adrenal and sigmoid colon metastasis
- Lung
- Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research