Local and distant recurrence of the chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

There is still limited knowledgeabout surveillance and optimal management for patientswith recurrent chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. OBJECTIVE: Describe our experience in the diagnosis andmanagement in recurrent chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.

Review of medical records ofpatients with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, selectingthose cases that developed recurrence.

Of the 23 patients, 4 developed recurrence andwere the subjects of our analysis. The mean age was 61.5years. Surgical treatment of primary renal tumor consistedof three radical nephrectomies and one partial nephrectomy.The mean time from nephrectomy to disease recurrencewas 6.7 years. One patient had recurrence in the retrovesicalarea, another in bone, and the two others in theretroperitoneum. The treatment for retrovesical recurrencewas an incomplete metastasectomy followed by temsirolimusand subsequent removal of the residual mass, stayingstable. The other three cases were unresectable surgicallyand received sunitinib. One patient now has a stable diseaseand the two others died. CONCLUSIONS: Chromophobe renal cell carcinomashowed a greater tendency to metastasize, so requires asurveillance protocol based on the risk of recurrence.