title: Unsuspected metastatic renal cell carcinoma with initial presentation as solitary soft tissue lesion: a case report.
abstract: A 42 year old male presented with painless soft tissue mass 8x7x6.5 cm in right scapular region for 2 months. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) showed a malignant clear cell tumour. Ultrasonography (USG) abdomen revealed a heterogeneous mass m 8.6x7x8.4 at the lower pole of left kidney. USG guided FNAC from left kidney mass showed cytomorphology consistent with RCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Bimal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.forename: Pratima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Sonali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bisht
authors.forename: Shivani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D012540:Scapula / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography