Abstract
The appearance of a tumor in the chest wall is rare
compared to that in any other part of the body. It can be classified
into benign and malignant types and can be located in the rib,
clavicle, sternum, cartilage and soft tissues. Tumors that are
metastatic are commonly located in the lung, breast, bone and
pleura. But, the soft tissue mass of anterior chest wall is rarely
metastasized from a distant organ that is not confined to the thoracic
cavity. This and thus has rarely been described. A 68-year-old man was
admitted to our hospital with a chief complaint of resting dyspnea.
A huge non-tender mass of about 10*15 cm in size was visible on his
left lower anterior chest wall. We pathologically confirmed that the
mass was a metastatic renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type by
incision biopsy. Through an incision biopsy, the mass was pathologically
confirmed as a metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the clear cell type.