Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has high metastatic potential, which requires early diagnosis to optimize the chance of cure. Metastasis of RCC to the head and neck region is less common and metastasis to the buccal mucosa is extremely rare. This phenomenon occurs mostly in patients with generalized diss...

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Main Authors: Hernani Gil-Julio, Fernando Vázquez-Alonso, Antonio J. Fernández-Sánchez, Ignacio Puche-Sanz, José F. Flores-Martín, José M. Cózar
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/823042
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author Hernani Gil-Julio
Fernando Vázquez-Alonso
Antonio J. Fernández-Sánchez
Ignacio Puche-Sanz
José F. Flores-Martín
José M. Cózar
author_facet Hernani Gil-Julio
Fernando Vázquez-Alonso
Antonio J. Fernández-Sánchez
Ignacio Puche-Sanz
José F. Flores-Martín
José M. Cózar
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description Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has high metastatic potential, which requires early diagnosis to optimize the chance of cure. Metastasis of RCC to the head and neck region is less common and metastasis to the buccal mucosa is extremely rare. This phenomenon occurs mostly in patients with generalized dissemination, especially with lung metastases. In this article we report a case of buccal mucosa metastasis from RCC in a 65-year-old man who presented 19 years after undergoing a left radical nephrectomy for clear cell RCC. Surgical excision of the buccal lesion was performed without evidence of recurrence or new metastatic lesions after 6 years of followup. To our knowledge, this is the first case of metastasis to the buccal mucosa from a RCC reported in the literature.
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spelling doaj-art-18e7b09aa53f45d8a34bb292c207211c2025-08-20T03:54:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142012-01-01201210.1155/2012/823042823042Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical NephrectomyHernani Gil-Julio0Fernando Vázquez-Alonso1Antonio J. Fernández-Sánchez2Ignacio Puche-Sanz3José F. Flores-Martín4José M. Cózar5Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainServicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainServicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainServicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainServicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainServicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, SpainRenal cell carcinoma (RCC) has high metastatic potential, which requires early diagnosis to optimize the chance of cure. Metastasis of RCC to the head and neck region is less common and metastasis to the buccal mucosa is extremely rare. This phenomenon occurs mostly in patients with generalized dissemination, especially with lung metastases. In this article we report a case of buccal mucosa metastasis from RCC in a 65-year-old man who presented 19 years after undergoing a left radical nephrectomy for clear cell RCC. Surgical excision of the buccal lesion was performed without evidence of recurrence or new metastatic lesions after 6 years of followup. To our knowledge, this is the first case of metastasis to the buccal mucosa from a RCC reported in the literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/823042
spellingShingle Hernani Gil-Julio
Fernando Vázquez-Alonso
Antonio J. Fernández-Sánchez
Ignacio Puche-Sanz
José F. Flores-Martín
José M. Cózar
Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
title Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
title_full Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
title_fullStr Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
title_full_unstemmed Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
title_short Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Buccal Mucosa 19 Years after Radical Nephrectomy
title_sort metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the buccal mucosa 19 years after radical nephrectomy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/823042
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