Coughing up of metastatic tumor as the initial clinical manifestation of renal cell carcinoma.
A 48 year old white male presented to our office with a piece of tissue which he had coughed up earlier. Histopathology proved it to be a clear cell carcinoma. Bronchoscopy demonstrated the stump of a lesion in the distal trachea. Renal arteriogram confirmed a large renal cell carcinoma of the upper pole of the right kidney.
Subramanyam
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Area Health Education Center, Pine Bluff.
Fendley
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Freeman
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery