title: Calvarial metastases as clinical presentation of renal cell carcinoma: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Calvarium is a frequent target site of involvement for common neoplasms. Some cases of calvarial metastases have been reported in literature as secondary lesions from renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but only five cases have been described concerning calvarial mass as the first clinical presentation of this kind of tumor. In this report, we discuss the clinical aspects of two further cases we observed, in which the renal cell carcinoma was found thanks to the histological examination of a calvarial mass after surgery. We also briefly review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy. paolo.gaetani@humanitas.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaetani
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Ieva
authors.forename: Piergiuseppe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tancioni
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aimar
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Debernardi
authors.forename: Riccardo Rodriguez y
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Baena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery