Table 1 Reported cases of solitary metastasis to the pleura from renal cell carcinoma
From: Solitary pleural metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: a case of successful resection
Reference | Age | Sex | Characteristic of lesion | Therapy | Prognosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latour and Shulman [5] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Taylor et al. [6] | 69 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | BSC | Dead at 4 months |
Ishida et al. [7] | 71 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | BSC | Dead at 2 months |
Yamasaki et al. [8] | 61 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | Unknown | Unknown |
Nakamura et al. [9] | 50 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | Operation | Unknown |
Azuma et al. [10] | 74 | M | Pleural tumor with pleural effusion | Unknown | Dead at 3 months |
Ohnishi et al. [11] | 66 | M | Huge pleural effusion | IFNα | Unknown |
Kamiyoshihara et al. [12] | 68 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | IFNα/RT | Dead at 15 months |
Mizunuma et al. [13] | 59 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | BSC | Dead at 2 months |
Kragel and Wei [14] | 58 | M | Metastasis to solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura | Operation | Dead at 6 months |
Kang et al. [15] | 51 | M | Pleural tumor with pleural effusion | Unknown | Unknown |
Sun et al. [16] | 50 | M | Multiple nodules with pleural effusion | Chemotherapy | Alive at 8 months |
Yoshii et al. [17] | 67 | M | Pleural tumor with huge pleural effusion | Chemotherapy | Alive at 10 months |
Our case | 75 | M | Pleural tumor | Operation | Alive at 92 months |