Radical nephrectomy

Published Date: 19th July 2016

Publication Authors: Mistry R

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Abstract

A 65-year-old man presented with a rapidly enlarging pre-auricular lump, with pruritis and contact bleeding. The patient was referred to dermatology due to the high index of suspicion for malignancy. Following excision of the lump and histological analysis it was found to be a metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. The patient had had a T1bN0M0 renal cell carcinoma excised over two decades previously, representing low risk disease. This case report highlights the need for a high index of suspicion in the management of all patients with a past history of malignancy.

Iskander, M; Patrick, N; Mistry, R. (2013).  A novel presentation of renal cell carcinoma 23 years after radical nephrectomy . Journal of Clinical Urology. 6 (5), 317-18

 

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