title: Renal Cell Carcinoma with Unusual Skeletal Metastasis to Tibia and Ankle: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 5% of the epithelial malignancies worldwide with clear cell carcinoma accounting for 85% of these malignancies. One third of these patients experience synchronous metastatic disease and 20-30% of the remaining patients experience metachronous metastatic RCC. Bony metastasis accounts for 20% of metastatic RCC. They most commonly affect the axial skeleton and rarely the long bones or the small bones of the hands and feet. Bone metastases from RCC are predominantly osteolytic in nature, leading to significant patient morbidity due to the associated Skeletal Related Events (SRE). SREs may significantly decrease patient quality of life. Bone pain is most common SRE and radiotherapy is most common form of treatment. Only 2% of the patients require surgery. Here we present a case of advanced RCC with tibial and ankle metastasis who presented to us after one year of radical nephrectomy with severe pain and inability to walk and underwent above knee amputation.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Durgesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Kariyanakatte Veeraiah Veerendra
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Chennagiri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Premlata
keywords: Amputation; Bony metastasis; Epithelial malignancies