Clinical Characteristics of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Korean Patients with von Hippel-Lindau Disease Compared to Sporadic Bilateral or Multifocal Renal Cell Carcinoma.
10.3346/jkms.2009.24.6.1145
- Author:
Won Tae KIM
1
;
Won Sik HAM
;
Hee Jeong JU
;
Jin Sun LEE
;
Jin Sung LEE
;
Young Deuk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Urology & Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. youngd74@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease;
Carcinoma, Renal Cell;
Incidence
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Aged;
*Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology/physiopathology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Humans;
*Kidney Neoplasms/pathology/physiopathology;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Prognosis;
Survival Rate;
Young Adult;
*von Hippel-Lindau Disease/pathology/physiopathology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2009;24(6):1145-1149
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study was done to analyze the clinical characteristics of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in Korean patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Between January 1996 and July 2008, 1,514 patients were diagnosed with RCC and 24 patients were diagnosed with VHL disease at our institute. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of the 24 patients diagnosed with VHL. The mean age of patients with VHL was 39.2+/-12.6 yr; the mean age of patients with both VHL and RCC was 42.5+/-10.3 yr. Among the 24 patients with VHL, 7 patients had retinal angiomas, 11 had RCC, 16 had renal lesions, 18 had pancreatic lesions and 21 had cerebellar hemangioblastomas. There was no significant difference between survival rates of patients with VHL alone and those with VHL and RCC. However, cancer-specific survival rates were significantly different between patients with both VHL and RCC and patients with sporadic bilateral or multifocal RCC. In our Korean study, the incidence of RCC in patients with VHL disease is 45.8% and the incidence of VHL disease in patients with RCC is 0.73%. Due to the low overall incidence of VHL in Korea, extended multi-institutional studies are needed to establish the true characteristics of VHL disease.
