View from beneath: pathology in focus. Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the tongue.
Metastases to the tongue from distant primaries are very rare. A case of renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the tongue, occurring in a 58-year-old man, is presented and previously reported cases are reviewed.
Okabe
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Department of Otolaryngology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Ohoka
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Miwa
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Nagayama
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Furukawa
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*