若年者に発生した腎細胞癌の1例

Abstract

22歳の若年者に発生した腎細胞癌例.当教室における腎細胞癌症例130例において40歳未満の若年者は3.8%であった.本症例はstage I, G2であり, 今後長期生存が期待できるものと思われた

Renal cell carcinoma in young adults under the age of forty is rare. A case of renal cell carcinoma in a 22-year-old female is presented. Microhematuria was pointed out in the patient by a health check up system and an ultrasonogram revealed a solid mass 5 cm in diameter in the lower pole of the right kidney. The patient was referred to our clinic in January, 1994. An abdominal CT showed a solid and well bordered mass in the right kidney. Renal tumor biopsy was revealed renal cell carcinoma. Right radical nephrectomy was performed on February 9, 1994. From 1986 to 1994, 4 cases of renal cell carcinoma in young adults, other than this case, have been treated in our clinic. All of them have been healthy for more than 6 years, suggesting a good prognosis.