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Mandibular metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. A case report
S C Shetty1, S Gupta, S Nagsubramanium
1Departments of Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery) and Urology and Renal Transplantation, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India. stjohns@blr.vsnl.net.in
Abstract:
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastasizing to the mandible and subsequently spreading to oropharynx in a 62 year old man is reported. The patient presented with solitary mandibular lesion with hematuria, which on further investigation was diagnosed to be RCC with no other systemic involvement. Clinical manifestation of the mandibular metastasis from RCC is rarely seen. A case is reported and literature regarding extracranial head and neck metastasis by RCC is reviewed.