title: Expectorated tissue leading to diagnosis of renal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Metastatic tumour to the tongue is extremely rare. We report a case of renal adenocarcinoma metastasis involving the right side of the base of the tongue with extension to the right vallecula in a 59-year-old man in which a piece of the metastatic lesion in the tongue was expectorated and was the first evidence of the primary tumour in the right kidney. Previously reported cases are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Crawley Hospital, Sussex.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ziyada
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Brookes
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Penman
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*