title: Tongue trail to kidney.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has the propensity to metastasize to any organ in the body. Tongue metastases from RCC is very rare with most of them being metachronous in nature. We present a rare case where patient presented with a tongue lesion leading to a diagnosis of RCC. Surgery is the preferred modality of treatment for tongue metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Krunal Harishchandra
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Khobragade
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Ganesh K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Gagan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menon
keywords: Metastases; renal cell carcinoma; tongue