Expectorated tissue leading to diagnosis of renal adenocarcinoma.
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.
Ziyada
W F
WF
Department of Otolaryngology, Crawley Hospital, Sussex.
Brookes
J D
JD
Penman
H G
HG
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*