title: Rare bone metastases of the olecranon.
abstract: Abstract Bone metastases are prevalent in patients with cancer, especially with primary lung, breast, renal cell, thyroid, and prostate carcinomas. When looking specifically at primary renal cell carcinoma, approximately 40% of patients will develop bone metastases during the course of their disease. However, distal bony involvement to the appendicular skeleton occurs less frequently, developing below the elbow and knee in approximately 7% of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. The incidence of olecranon metastasis is extremely rare in all cancers and so far only two cases have been reported in literature. We report the third case of an olecranon metastasis in a patient with renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Shaelyn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Culleton
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Sa
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christakis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zbieranowski
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Philiz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007372:Interferons