[Hypernephroma as second neoplasm simultaneous in a patient whith larynx carcinoma].
The presence of two or more different histologic types of neoplasms in patients treated for head and neck cancer is well known. It is provided the clinical case of a woman of 48 years old who developed two primary tumors, a squamous carcinoma of larynx and a clear cell carcinoma of kidney (hypernephroma). The diagnosis of second primary tumor was a casual find when an abdominal TC was being carried out. The more frequent association of a head and neck cancer is with a malignant tumors of lung, being unusual the malignant tumors of kidney association.
Almela Cortés
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Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital General de Castellón.
Costa Climent
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Aldasoro Martín
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*