The Hot Pleura: Isolated Pleural Metastases From Renal Cell Carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Mar;45(3):211-213. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002909.

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common solid renal malignancy that metastasizes typically to lungs, bones, liver, adrenals, and lymph nodes. Isolated pleural metastases of RCC are extremely rare, with only few cases reported in the literature. We report one such case of a 60-year-old woman, a known case of RCC of the left kidney who underwent nephrectomy, and on follow-up, PET/CT scan revealed diffuse thick nodular hypermetabolic left pleural thickening, which was later biopsied and turned out to be pleural metastases from RCC. No other site of metastases was found.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / secondary
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Gallium Isotopes
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • gallium 68 PSMA-11