title: Renal cell carcinoma presenting with oral tongue metastasis: a rare case presentation.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma is the most frequent kidney neoplasm, with a high tendency to metastasize. The occurrence of renal carcinoma metastasis to the head and neck region is extremely rare. Here we present one such case where the tongue metastasis was the initial presenting feature of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. amitabh.r@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Amitabh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Jibak
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Subir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganguly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*