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Unusual metastatic localization to the kidney of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx
- Source :
- Urologia; November 2018, Vol. 85 Issue: 4 p182-185, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Case presentation: A 55-year-old man with a history of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx with laterocervical lymph node metastases 6 years before (and treated with chemoradiation) presented with flank pain and hematuria. Computed tomography scan found a renal lesion, with radiological features more suspicious for primitive renal neoplasia. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination after surgical excision revealed a basaloid squamous cell carcinoma involving renal parenchyma.Conclusion: Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is a rare tumor but with a high percentage of distant metastasis, and it is mandatory, also for a general pathologist, to know this disease. Moreover, in a patient with renal metastases, any type of cancer should be taken into account, and this case is emblematic of why the previous medical history is crucial for differential diagnosis.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03915603 and 17246075
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Urologia
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs47035477
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0391560317749423