title: Mandibular metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. A case report.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastasizing to the mandible and subsequently spreading to oropharynx in a 62 year old man is reported. The patient presented with solitary mandibular lesion with hematuria, which on further investigation was diagnosed to be RCC with no other systemic involvement. Clinical manifestation of the mandibular metastasis from RCC is rarely seen. A case is reported and literature regarding extracranial head and neck metastasis by RCC is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery) and Urology and Renal Transplantation, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India. stjohns@blr.vsnl.net.in
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagsubramanium
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cherry
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*