A unique endobronchial metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma; report of a case

Abstract

A 53-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a chief complaint of hemoptysis. His chest computed tomography as well as bronchoscopic findings showed a tumor obstructing the right upper bronchus. Histological findings suggested a metastatic tumor of a left renal cell carcinoma which had been resected 8 years earlier. A right sleeve upper lobectomy was successful. Pathological findings demonstrated a unique expansion of endobronchial growth without any extension into lung parenchyma. He was alive with no signs of recurrence at 5years after the lung operation.