Tratamento cirúrgico na recidiva retroperitoneal tardia por carcinoma renal de células claras após nefrectomia radical

• Main Authors: Carlos Márcio Nóbrega de Jesus, Filemón Anastásio Silva Casafus, Aparecido Donizetti Agostinho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
• Series: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
• Subjects: Carcinoma, renal cell; Recurrence; Nephrectomy; Surgery
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912007000600015&lng=en&tlng=en
• ISSN: 1809-4546

Late renal cell carcinoma recurrence in the renal fossa is a rare event. This condition occurs in 1 to 2% of radical nephrectomies. We reported a late recurrence at the renal fossa about four and half years after radical nephrectomy due to a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) without metastasis elsewhere. Diagnosis in an outpatient follow-up was made during an abdominal computed tomography and we observed a retroperitoneal mass in the renal fossa. The excision at the recurrence area was made through a subcostal transversal incision without any difficulty. After 6 months from this second procedure, there was no evidence of recurrence. The surgical aggressive treatment for late retroperitoneal RCC recurrence is a good method in this rare situation. Abdominal computed tomography must be done during long periods of follow-up for patients with radical nephrectomy for RCC to search for late retroperitoneal recurrences.