Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a circumscribed orbital mass.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of renal cell carcinoma presenting as a well-circumscribed orbital tumor.


METHODS
Retrospective interventional case report.


RESULTS
A 60-year-old woman presented with proptosis of the left eye. Imaging showed a well circumscribed tumor in the region of the medial rectus muscle. Excision biopsy revealed a diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma that was confirmed on abdominal imaging.


CONCLUSIONS
Renal cell carcinoma can rarely present as a well-circumscribed orbital mass and should be included in the differential diagnosis of such lesions.
Mudiyanselage
S Y
SY
South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide - South Australia.
Prabhakaran
V C
VC
Davis
G J
GJ
Selva
D
D
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed