Lung Metastasis From Renal Cell Carcinoma 16 years After Nephrectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Recurrence rate of renal cell carcinoma in the lungs after five years of nephrectomy is 93%. The occurrence of RCC after 16 years of nephrectomy as pulmonary metastasis is rare and needs to be considered in patient presenting with pulmonary nodules after a long interval since nephrectomy.