Acta Medica Okayama volume79 issue3
2025-06 発行
Watanabe, Makoto
Department of Otolaryngology, Chugoku Rosai Hospital
Ogawa, Tomoyuki
Department of Otolaryngology, Chugoku Rosai Hospital
Kobayashi, Kanao
Department of Nephrology and Urological Surgery, Chugoku Rosai Hospital
Katsuya, Narutaka
Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University
Ishikawa, Akira
Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University
Hamamoto, Takao
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital
Tahara, Hiroaki
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital
Ueda, Tsutomu
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital
Takeno, Sachio
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can metastasize hematogenously and recur after a long dormancy. Chromophobe RCC metastasized to the cervical lymph nodes 10 years after the primary resection in a woman who underwent nephrectomy for RCC (T1aN0M0 stage I). Metastatic RCC diagnosis was confirmed by aspiration. The lymph node mass was resected, and the tumor cells matched chromophobe RCC metastasis. No adjuvant therapy was administered due to the lack of evidence regarding adjuvant therapy for chromophobe RCC. Long-term surveillance is crucial in RCC because of the possibility of late metastasis. We reviewed the clinical aspects and literature on metastatic cervical RCC.
renal cell carcinoma
cervical lymph node metastasis
late recurrence
head and neck
