Soft tissue metastasis of renal cell carcinoma: A case report
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Renal cell carcinoma RCC is the most common primary renal malignant neoplasm in adults accounting for 90 of renal tumours and 2 of all adult malignancies Distant metastasis has been reported commonly to bone lung abdomen brain etc Soft tissue and skeletal muscle metastasis is rare This is the case of a 59 year old female who presented with a left lower chest wall mass which was proven to be a metastatic deposit from a clear cell RCC The rare presentation in skeletal muscle should be suspected which should also be differentiated from a benign soft tissue tumourKeywords Chest wall Metastasis RCC Skeletal muscle
Authors and Affiliations
Sujitha J. , Leena D Joseph, J. C. Bose, P. Prithviraj, Sathish Srinivasan
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