Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a propensity for distant organ metastasis and late recurrence, involving not only the ipsilateral but also contralateral kidney. Lingual metastasis by RCC is rare. We present an unusual case of bilateral asynchronous RCC. Involvement of the right kidney was discovered...
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| description | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a propensity for distant organ metastasis and late recurrence, involving not only the ipsilateral but also contralateral kidney. Lingual metastasis by RCC is rare. We present an unusual case of bilateral asynchronous RCC. Involvement of the right kidney was discovered only after a metastatic tongue lesion was diagnosed. The original RCC had been treated by left nephrectomy 14 years previously. Due to end-stage primary pulmonary malignancy, and poor function of the remaining kidney, immunotherapy was unsuitable. Palliative local resection of the lingual metastasis alleviated functional difficulties and was preventative against airway obstruction, but the patient died five months later. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd316e29fca842cfbfd9e91d17a69dd72025-02-03T01:27:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/729642729642Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the TongueNaseem Ghazali0Charlotte Davis1A. W. Barrett2John V. Tighe3Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead RH19 3DZ, UKMaxillofacial Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead RH19 3DZ, UKDepartment of Histopathology, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead RH19 3DZ, UKMaxillofacial Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead RH19 3DZ, UKRenal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a propensity for distant organ metastasis and late recurrence, involving not only the ipsilateral but also contralateral kidney. Lingual metastasis by RCC is rare. We present an unusual case of bilateral asynchronous RCC. Involvement of the right kidney was discovered only after a metastatic tongue lesion was diagnosed. The original RCC had been treated by left nephrectomy 14 years previously. Due to end-stage primary pulmonary malignancy, and poor function of the remaining kidney, immunotherapy was unsuitable. Palliative local resection of the lingual metastasis alleviated functional difficulties and was preventative against airway obstruction, but the patient died five months later.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/729642 |
| spellingShingle | Naseem Ghazali Charlotte Davis A. W. Barrett John V. Tighe Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue |
| title_full | Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue |
| title_short | Bilateral Asynchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastatic Involvement of the Tongue |
| title_sort | bilateral asynchronous renal cell carcinoma with metastatic involvement of the tongue |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/729642 |
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