Renal cell carcinoma presenting as a large abdominal mass with an extensive peritoneal metastasis

N J Stavropoulos; C Deliveliotis; D Kouroupakis; M Demonakou; J Kastriotis; C Dimopoulos

doi:10.1159/000282715

Renal cell carcinoma presenting as a large abdominal mass with an extensive peritoneal metastasis

Urol Int. 1995;54(3):169-70. doi: 10.1159/000282715.

Authors

N J Stavropoulos¹, C Deliveliotis, D Kouroupakis, M Demonakou, J Kastriotis, C Dimopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University of Athens, Greece.

PMID: 7604462
DOI: 10.1159/000282715

Abstract

We report a case of renal cell carcinoma with an extensive intraperitoneal metastasis at the time of diagnosis. This type of metastasis is very rare for renal cell carcinoma and is identified in only 1% of the metastases at autopsy. The findings of computed tomography are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary*