Mediastinal Metastasis 10 Years after Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma—A Report of a Case and a Review - Open Journal of Urology

OJU > Vol.6 No.8, August 2016

Open Journal of Urology

Volume 6, Issue 8 (August 2016)

ISSN Print: 2160-5440 ISSN Online: 2160-5629

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Mediastinal Metastasis 10 Years after Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma
—A Report of a Case and a Review ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oju.2016.68022 2,223 Downloads 3,436 Views Citations

Author(s)

Mustafa Rifat¹, Usama Nihad Rifat^2*, Khalid Al-Safi³, Hassan Z. Annab³

Affiliation(s)

¹James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
²Israa Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
³Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan.

ABSTRACT

Late recurrence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), arbitrarily defined, as >10 years post-nephrectomy, is rare. Here we review 43 reports comprising 467 cases. Metastasis occurred between few months and 45 years. We report a new case with a 10-year interval to metastasis.

KEYWORDS

Renal Cell Carcinoma, Late Metastasis, Mediastinum

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Rifat, M. , Rifat, U. , Al-Safi, K. and Annab, H. (2016) Mediastinal Metastasis 10 Years after Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma
—A Report of a Case and a Review. Open Journal of Urology, 6, 127-137. doi: 10.4236/oju.2016.68022.

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