title: A review of histopathological and immunohistochemical parameters in diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with a case of gingival metastasis.
abstract: The oral cavity constitutes a site of low prevalence for metastasis of malignant tumors. However, oral metastasis of a renal origin is relatively more common and represents 2% of all cancer deaths. Renal cancer may metastasize to any part of the body, with a 15% risk of metastasis to the head and neck regions, and pose one of the greatest diagnostic challenges in medical sciences. Approximately 25% of patients have a metastatic disease at initial assessment, which is often responsible for initiating the diagnosis in the first place. Here we present a review of literature of renal cell carcinoma along with a case of gingival metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, ITS-Center for Dental Studies and Research Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sikka
authors.forename: Pranav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sikka
authors.forename: Geetpriya
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Devi C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed