Open AccessNasopharyngeal presentation of renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
G. K. Maheshwari,
Madhabhai M. Patel,
Manish Wadhwa,
Usha Gopal,
Rajal Shah
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf03006221
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , renal cell carcinoma , otorhinolaryngology , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , pathological , biopsy , metastasis , lesion , presentation (obstetrics) , radiation therapy , pathology , carcinoma , kidney , radiology , surgery , cancer
In this case report, we present a 50-year- old woman, who presented with severe headache as her only presenting clinical symptom due to nasopharyngeal mass. Histo-pathological evaluation of the biopsy from nasopharyngeal mass revealed clear cell carcinoma. On further evaluation, an asymptomatic mass was detected in the left kidney. The metastatic lesion was treated with palliative radiotherapy. A search of the literature revealed no reports of such unusual metastasis in the nasopharynx from a primary carcinoma of the renal origin.