Isolated Renal Metastasis from Primary Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Synchronous Small Cell Lung Cancer

Synchronous multiple primary lung cancer is a unique type of lung carcinomas that are diagnosed with more than two different pathological types in the same or different lung lobes. Isolated metastasis to the kidney is considered rare. Herein, we present a case of a 58-year-old male with a history of...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 11; no. 6; p. e4891
Main Authors Numan, Laith, Asif, Samia, Abughanimeh, Omar K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 12.06.2019
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Cancer therapies
Cardiovascular disease
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Family medical history
Histology
Internal Medicine
Kidneys
Lung cancer
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Oncology
Patients
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tomography
Tumors
Urology
United States > US
Kansas City Missouri
synchronous lung cancer
cancer
kidney metastasis
lung mass
metastasis
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Summary:Synchronous multiple primary lung cancer is a unique type of lung carcinomas that are diagnosed with more than two different pathological types in the same or different lung lobes. Isolated metastasis to the kidney is considered rare. Herein, we present a case of a 58-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 40 pack-year of cigarette smoking, who was diagnosed with synchronous small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with isolated metastasis to the kidney. Isolated kidney metastasis from lung cancer is an infrequent finding; it should be considered when the patient is diagnosed with lung cancer. In the absence of disseminated disease and contraindications, nephrectomy is an option for treatment with chemotherapy or as a palliative measure if the patient is symptomatic.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.4891