Asynchronous abdominal wall and sigmoid metastases in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Fangyuan Zhang, Gang Zhao, Pengjie Wu, Qi An, Yang Yang, Xin Chen, Jianye Wang, Dong Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
• Series: Asian Journal of Urology
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388218300018

Sigmoid metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is very rare. Herein we report a case of pathologically proven asynchronous abdominal wall and sigmoid metastases after a right nephrectomy. An 84-year-old man underwent right radical nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) 13 years ago. Solitary contralateral abdominal wall metastasis was found for left abdominal mass 9 years after nephrectomy. The man experienced melena underwent resection of sigmoid colon tumor in February, 2016. The postoperative pathological examinations revealed that the tumors were metastases of ccRCC. Recurrence more than 5 years after nephrectomy has been accepted as late recurrence by the majority of urologists now. Late recurrence is one of the specific biological behaviors of RCC. Asynchronous late recurrence of abdominal wall and sigmoid metastases in ccRCC has not been reported before. When patients have sigmoid mass after nephrectomy for RCC, doctors may consider the possibility of late recurrence. Keywords: Sigmoid metastasis, Late recurrence, Renal cell carcinoma, Asynchronous metastases, Abdominal wall metastasis