Synchronous squamous esophageal carcinoma and urothelial renal cancer

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2010 Nov-Dec;105(6):843-7.

Abstract

Synchronous development of a second primary cancer in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was reported in 2.73%-11% of the cases. Although the synchronous association between esophageal and renal cancer is very rare, an increasingly number of cases is reported in medical literature. This study's aim is to report a case of synchronous esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and an urothelial carcinoma of the right kidney. Patient G.D. was admitted in our clinic with esophageal cancer diagnosis; during the preoperative work-up protocol, an asymptomatic right renal mass was discovered. A nephroureteroscopy with biopsy was performed and the urothelial renal cancer diagnosis was established. The patient is proposed for seriate surgery: nephroureterectomy on the first stage, then esophagectomy with gastric reconstruction was performed. Postoperative evolution was unfavourable, patient being finally discharged, on his request, with severely altered status.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Esophagectomy
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Nephrectomy
  • Palliative Care
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Stomach / surgery
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male
  • Urothelium / pathology