Renal cell carcinoma presenting with skull metastasis: a case report and literature review.
The occurrence of metastasis to the head and neck region in renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare. An 80-year-old man presented with a soft nodule in the left parietal calvarium and was admitted to our hospital. Biopsy of the nodule showed nests of clear tumor cells, suggesting metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a well-defined hypervascular tumor, measuring around 7 x 7 x 8 cm, exophytic from the lower pole of the right kidney. Since there were no other systemic metastases, right nephrectomy and complete resection of the skull lesion were performed. No adjunctive therapy was given postoperatively. After 22 months of follow-up, the patient was well and without evidence of disease.
Yeh
Hsin-Chih
HC
Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yang
Sheau-Fang
SF
Ke
Hung-Lung
HL
Lee
Kung-Shing
KS
Huang
Chun-Hsiung
CH
Wu
Wen-Jeng
WJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed