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[Renal metastasis from an squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Case report]
Miguel Alvarez-Múgica1, Verónica Bulnes Vázquez, Antonio Jalón Monzón
1Servicio de Urología 1, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. malvare79@mixmail.com
Objective:
To report a new case of renal metastasis from an squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.
Methods:
A 60 year old male presented to the outpatient office with an ultrasound finding of renal mass.
Results:
Imaging test studies showed a heterogeneous mass in the upper pole of the left kidney, involving the pelvis and trapping the renal artery.
Conclusions:
Clinically recognised or symptomatic metastases to the kidney from pulmonary cancer have been a rare occurrence. Nevertheless, prognosis associated with lung carcinoma metastatic to the kidney is very poor, since the likelihood of a truly solitary metastasis is remote.
