Renal cell carcinoma presenting as Garcin's syndrome.
A 50 year old man presented with progressive unilateral cranial nerve palsies (Garcin's syndrome) for one year. Skull radiography and computed tomography (CT) showed intracranial extension of a soft tissue tumour from the right base of the skull. Necropsy revealed a papillary cell carcinoma of the right kidney and metastases in the base of the skull.
Mubaidin
S I
SI
Department of Medicine, Al-Bashir Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Sunna
J B
JB
Beiruti
M A
MA
Shennak
M M
MM
Ayoub
M S
MS
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013577:Syndrome