[Spontaneous rupture of renal cell carcinoma: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2007 Jan;53(1):49-52.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 45-year-old man felt sudden pain in the left abdomen while taking a bath. Computed tomography (CT) showed a huge hematoma above the left kidney, which was diagnosed as spontaneous rupture of the kidney. Two months later, several low-density areas were observed in the liver on CT. Suspecting renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with multiple liver metastasis, we performed left radical nephrectomy and partial hepatectomy. A pathological study revealed a small RCC of 2 cm in diameter in the middle of the left kidney. In spontaneous renal rupture secondary to renal tumors, imaging studies such as CT or MRI sometimes fail to demonstrate primary lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed