ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2022
Rare metastatic sites of renal cell carcinoma: a case series.
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- Metastatic sites and clinical outcomes in renal cell carcinoma patients receiving immune-based combinations: the MOUSEION-08 study.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2024Pooled it
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- Isolated metastasis of renal clear-cell carcinoma to the male breast following nephrectomy: A rare case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Delayed Retrobulbar Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Therapeutic Outcomes and Practical Insights.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Molecular mechanisms of renal cell carcinoma metastasis and potential targets for therapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
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- Clear cell renal cell carcinoma micrometastasis: Insights from an unconventional cutaneous presentation.Skin health and disease · 2024Article
- Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasizing to Oral Soft Tissues: Systematic Review.Avicenna journal of medicine · 2024Review
- Bilateral adrenal metastases from renal cell carcinoma after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.International cancer conference journal · 2024Article
- Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as an Intracardiac Tumour Without Involving the Inferior Vena Cava.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to salivary glands: Systematic review.National journal of maxillofacial surgeryReview
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Abstract
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is a lethal cancer with a propensity for wide metastasis. The patterns of metastases are not clearly defined, and patients can present with metastasis to unusual sites at the time of diagnosis of the primary tumor or years after radical nephrectomy. Individual diagnostic and surgical approaches are needed to achieve complete resection with disease-free margins, even in the presence of unusual metastatic sites, multifocality, or history of previous metastasectomy. This provides palliation for symptoms and an opportunity for meaningful disease-free and overall survival. Here we present five cases of RCC with metastasis to unusual sites (scalp, jaw, forearm, parotid, breast, and skeletal muscle). Patients were treated with cytoreductive nephrectomy and/or metastasectomy wherever feasible and/or targeted therapy. In conclusion, a high index of suspicion and accurate diagnosis is important as metastasis to unusual sites presents with atypical manifestations and may masquerade as local pathology, misleading the clinician and directly affecting prognosis and survival.
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