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Metastatic renal cell carcinoma simulating glumus jugulare tumor
Author(s) -
Boileau Michel A.,
Grotta James C.,
Borit Adam,
Linden Christiaan Van Der,
Nath Avindra,
Ostrow Peter,
Kopaniky Dennis
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930350313
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , cancer research , oncology
A 59‐year‐old man presented with jugular foramen syndrome caused by a mass with roentgenographic and histologic features highly suggestive of a glomus jugulare tumor. However, electron microscopic examination of the surgical specimen revealed features diagnostic of a previously unsuspected renal cell carcinoma. Because primary tumors of the glomus jugulare and metastatic renal cell carcinoma may present with the same clinical and roentgenographic findings and look similar histologically, careful electron microscopic examination of the tumor and urologic screening should be performed in suspected cases of glomus jugulare tumors.