title: Cutaneous metastasis of bilateral renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a malignant lethal tumour with high potential of metastasis. However, metastasis from RCC to the skin is much less common. It is virtually a sign of poor prognosis. We represent a 42 years old man with bilateral RCC of clear cell type followed by metastasis to the scalp one month later. In this case the relatively young age of the patient, bilaterality of RCC and occurance of skin metastasis in the absence of recurrent kidney tumour are interesting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. faribaak2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Mansur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alizadeh
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Noroozinia
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moradi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy