Rapidly Progressing Renal Cell Cancer of the Left Native Kidney in a Renal Transplant Recipient With Unusual Sites of Metastasis Demonstrated in Serial 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Oct;44(10):e574-e576. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002723.

Abstract

An end-stage renal disease patient underwent renal transplantation 18 years back and was on triple immunosuppression for acute rejection. She presented with left-sided abdominal lump and underwent ultrasound and noncontrast CT scan, which revealed an exophytic mass lesion in atrophic left kidney (16.2 × 13.1 × 14 cm). Baseline F-FDG PET/CT revealed a large avid exophytic mass (SUVmax 23, 17 × 14 × 13) in atrophic left kidney, with multiple retroperitoneal lymphadenopathies and a suspicious lung nodule. She underwent left open radical nephrectomy. Follow-up PET/CT after 1 month revealed multiple soft tissue deposits in operative bed and other unusual metastatic sites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / therapy
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18