Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report

Renal cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 5% and 3% of all neoplasms diagnosed in men and women respectively, making it the 7th most common neoplasm in the adult population.Nowadays, localized neoplasm can be surgically treated and has a good overall prognosis.When presenting metastatic disease, the most frequent locations of metastasis are the lungs, liver, and bone.Approximately one third of patients with renal stage IV renal cell carcinoma will develop peritoneal metastatic disease but this is a rare presentation as first metastatic localization.We are presenting a 68-year-old patients who underwent partial nephrectomy to treat a localized renal carcinoma who three years after surgery presented peritoneal carcinomatosis as first metastatic location.