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

Authors :: Stavropoulos NJ
Deliveliotis C
Kouroupakis D
Demonakou M
Kastriotis J
Dimopoulos C
Source :: Urologia internationalis [Urol Int] 1995; Vol. 54 (3), pp. 169-70.
Publication Year :: 1995
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.

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

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