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Comparing Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Model Established in Mouse Kidney and on Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane
Published on: February 8, 2020
[A case of renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the oropharynx]
Ramzes Stańczyk1, Aleksandra Omulecka, Anna Pajor
1Klinika Otiatrii Katedry Otolaryngologii UM Uniwersyteckiego Szpitala Klinicznego nr 1 im N Barlickiego w Lodzi.
Abstract:
A rare case of 61-yrs-old male was reported, in whom distant metastasis from renal clear-cell carcinoma to the oropharynx had been diagnosed. It was presented as pedunculated tumor at the level of palatine tonsil, 11 months after nephrectomy, and treated by surgical excision. Other metastatic sites--pulmonary and skeletal had also developed and a patient died 16 months after the time of primary diagnosis.
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