Metastatic renal cell carcinoma from a native kidney of a renal transplant patient diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy

Yaseen Alastal; Tariq A Hammad; Ehsan Rafiq; Mohamad Nawras; Osama Alaradi; Ali Nawras

doi:10.15586/jkcvhl.2015.25

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma from a native kidney of a renal transplant patient diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy

J Kidney Cancer VHL. 2015 Apr 20;2(2):70-74. doi: 10.15586/jkcvhl.2015.25. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Yaseen Alastal¹, Tariq A Hammad¹, Ehsan Rafiq¹, Mohamad Nawras¹, Osama Alaradi¹, Ali Nawras¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Toledo Medical Center, 3000 Arlington Avenue, MS 1150, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy sampling of enlarged lymph nodes is increasingly used to diagnose metastatic tumors, especially of the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs. Herein, we describe the diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma from a native kidney of a 54 year-old male patient, who had a 5-years history of renal transplant, by EUS-FNA of mediastinal and celiac lymph nodes. Histological and immunohistochemical findings confirmed the origin of metastatic tumor. EUS-FNA with proper cytological evaluation can be useful in the diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma in renal transplant patients.