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We report the PET-CT appearance of a metastasis from a primary colon cancer to the right kidney in an 84-year-old woman with a history of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cecum. The patient underwent right hemicolectomy and chemotherapy. Restaging PET-CT study, 4 months after her last chemotherapy, demonstrates a hypermetabolic soft-tissue mass in the inferior pole of the right kidney. The patient subsequently had a right partial nephrectomy. The pathology was consistent with metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma. Renal metastasis from primary colon cancer is very rare.
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PMID:Renal metastasis from primary colon cancer on FDG PET-CT. 1969 21

Renal metastasis from primary colon cancer is very rare, comprising less than 3% of secondary renal neoplasms. There are just 11 cases reported in the medical literature of colonic adenocarcinoma metastatic to the kidney. Of these cases, none occurred via direct invasion. We report a unique case of a 51-year-old female with extraluminal colonic adenocarcinoma which directly invaded into the kidney. Additionally, we investigate the causal relationship between the site of invasion and a previous stab injury by reviewing the role of the peritoneum and Gerota's fascia in preventing the spread of metastatic cancer into the perirenal space. Due to the rarity of this event, we present this case including a review of the existing literature relative to the diagnosis and treatment.
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PMID:Extraluminal colonic carcinoma invading into kidney: a case report and review of the literature. 2208 3