Isolated abdominal wall metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: Unusual presentation

Authors

1 Department of Urology, Institute of Kidney Disease and Research Centre, Institute of Transplant Sciences (IKDRC, ITS), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

2 Department of Urology, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial ( IPGMER & SSKM) Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract

Fifty-seven-year-old gentleman, who was a known victim of left-sided clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), presented with isolated huge parietal swelling in left anterolateral aspect of abdomen. He had undergone open left radical nephrectomy 2 years back. Parietal swelling was widely excised and histopathology revealed clear cell RCC, nuclear Fuhrman grade 2.

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