Renal cell carcinoma presenting with cutaneous metastasis: case report

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) skin metastasis is quite rare, seen in the rate of 1-3.3%. We present here a RCC case that thrives skin metastasis after 5 years of diagnosis. A 57-year-old male patient was diagnosed as RCC 5 years ago and left nephrectomy was made. In the patient without metastasis at th...

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Published in:Türk onkoloji dergisi 2013, Vol.28 (4), p.163-166
Main Author: URAKCI, Zuhat
Format: Article
Language:eng ; tur
Subjects:
Biopsy
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Cytoplasm
Kidney cancer
Males
Medical diagnosis
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Radiation therapy
Skin
Tumors
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Summary:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) skin metastasis is quite rare, seen in the rate of 1-3.3%. We present here a RCC case that thrives skin metastasis after 5 years of diagnosis. A 57-year-old male patient was diagnosed as RCC 5 years ago and left nephrectomy was made. In the patient without metastasis at the diagnosis, metastasis developed 1 year after the diagnosis. The patient underwent palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy. During follow-up of the patient, a large number of new emerging, purple red style nodular skin lesions were seen on the face and scalp. After the biopsy made from nodules, it was evaluated as skin metastasis of RCC. One month later that skin metastasis developed, the patient died. As a result, the skin metastasis of RCC is extremely rare, and indicator of poor prognosis.
ISSN:1300-7467
2717-8978
DOI:10.5505/tjoncol.2013.886