title: Solitary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma in infratemporal fossa.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma can recur at any time after nephrectomy, and it is not unusual to detect late metastases even decades after surgical excision of the primary tumor. Despite being infrequently reported, head and neck metastases may be linked to renal cell carcinoma in up to 15% of cases. We present an unusual case of a single metachronous renal cell carcinoma metastasis in the infratemporal fossa, with a 13-year late onset from the primary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blandino
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ascenti
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaeta
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino" Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy. Electronic address: smazziotti@unime.it.
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazziotti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D035301:Cranial Fossa, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*
keywords: Computed tomography; Infratemporal fossa; Magnetic resonance; Renal cell carcinoma; Solitary metastasis