CASE REPORT
Year : 2001 | Volume
: 17 | Issue : 2 | Page : 175--176
Early solitary splenic metastasis from adenocarcinoma of kidney
G Nabi, MS Ansari, Amlesh Seth
Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
G Nabi
Senior Resident, Hostel 7, Room No. 49, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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Nabi G, Ansari M S, Seth A. Early solitary splenic metastasis from adenocarcinoma of kidney.Indian J Urol 2001;17:175-176
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Case Report
A 50-year-old female presented with left flank pain of 2-months' duration. There was no other urinary complaint. General physical and systemic examinations were unremarkable. Urinary routine microscopy showed RBC 1015/HPF with sterile culture after 48 hours. Haemogram and biochemical investigations were within normal limits. Ultrasonography revealed a solid mass in left kidney which was subsequently seen on contrast-enhanced computerised scan [Figure 1]. Computerised scan also demonstrated a large solitary splenic solid mass [Figure 1]. Her metastatic work-up which included chest X-ray, liver function test and bone scan was normal. She underwent left radical nephrectomy with splenectomy and histopathology confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of kidney [Figure 2] with solitary metastasis in spleen. She was discharged on 7 th postoperative day and is asymptornatic at a follow-up of 6 months.
Comments
The commonest sites of metastases from adenocarcinoma of kidney are lungs, liver and lymph nodes. This is the second case of renal cell carcinoma with early solitary metastasis described in the English literature.' Metastatic carcinoma to spleen is a manifestation of widely spread disseminated disease. In an autopsy series of 7165 cases Berg et al found that 50% of all subjects who had five or more organs involved, had metastasis in spleen. [2] Most of the metastatic burden in spleen comes from melanoma, brochus, pancreas, breast, stomach and ovaries. [2] However, early spread to spleen without any evidence of spread anywhere else is a rare clinical event. [3] This is possibly because of rhythmic contractility, squeezing out tumour emboli, absence of afferent lymphatics and phagocytic activity. [4] A careful radiographic scrutiny of spleen should be done in all renal cell carcinomas as this site of metastatic disease is amenable to excision especially on left side with better survival. Because of rarity of this clinical event which was pre-operatively detected and successfully excised, case is reported.
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