[Renal oncocytoma with metastasis from breast carcinoma: a contribution to the differential diagnosis of tumourous lesions of the kidney]

N Gassler; A Haferkamp; C Flechtenmacher; M Hohenfellner; P Schirmacher; F Autschbach

doi:10.1007/s00292-005-0756-3

[Renal oncocytoma with metastasis from breast carcinoma: a contribution to the differential diagnosis of tumourous lesions of the kidney]

Pathologe. 2006 May;27(3):217-21. doi: 10.1007/s00292-005-0756-3.

[Article in German]

Authors

N Gassler¹, A Haferkamp, C Flechtenmacher, M Hohenfellner, P Schirmacher, F Autschbach

Affiliation

¹ Pathologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Germany. Nikolaus_Gassler@med.uni-heidelberg.de

PMID: 16642392
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-005-0756-3

Abstract

The case of a renal oncocytoma involvement by metastasis from breast carcinoma in a 83-year-old woman is reported. The literature of tumour-into-tumour metastasis is reviewed. In conclusion, metastasis of breast carcinoma to a benign renal tumour is very rare.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adenoma, Oxyphilic / pathology
Adenoma, Oxyphilic / secondary*
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
Neoplasm Metastasis*