Isolated Splenic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma 11 Years after Surgery

Davi Dos Santos Romao; Natally Horvat; Marianne Castro Gonçalves; Emerson Shigueaki Abe; Rodrigo Blanco Dumarco; Publio Cesar Cavalcante Viana; Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado

doi:10.1155/2019/7480479

Isolated Splenic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma 11 Years after Surgery

Case Rep Med. 2019 Sep 24:2019:7480479. doi: 10.1155/2019/7480479. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Davi Dos Santos Romao¹, Natally Horvat¹, Marianne Castro Gonçalves², Emerson Shigueaki Abe³, Rodrigo Blanco Dumarco³, Publio Cesar Cavalcante Viana¹, Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Pathology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Surgery, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Splenic metastases are rare and usually occur in cases of disseminated disease. We report a case of a patient who had isolated splenic metastases with a previous history of left nephrectomy due to a renal cell carcinoma 11 years before. The aim of this report is to describe the case and review the literature of isolated splenic metastases due to renal carcinoma. This case emphasizes the importance of considering splenic metastatic disease even after many years of diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports