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A Syngeneic Mouse Model of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma for Quantitative and Longitudinal Assessment of Preclinical Therapies
Published on: April 12, 2017
Sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma
Mohamed Amine Lakmichi1, Redouane Jarir, Jamal Kabour
1Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Hospital Center Mohammed the VIth, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Abstract:
Metastatic renal cell cancer is not exceptional in kidney cancer (30% of patients with kidneyl cancer). Its prognosis is particularly severe. However, sciatic neuralgia (sciatica) remains an exceptional revealing clinical sign of this disease. The authors report the case of a patient admitted with right sciatica as chief complain, leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma. Although uncommon, renal cell carcinoma spine metastasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of back pain and sciatica.
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