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Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasizing to a Lipoma of the Thigh

Authors :
Kelsey, Martin
Christopher, Rivera-Pintado
Katherine, Cerniglia
Kudret, Usmani
Gord, Zhu
Tae Won B, Kim
Source :
JBJS Case Connector. 12
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2022.

Abstract

A 73-year-old man with a medical history significant for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) presented with widespread osseous metastases and imaging suspicious for RCC metastasizing to a lipoma interdigitated within the right vastus lateralis. The patient's pathological fractures were surgically addressed, and the lipoma excised. Final histology revealed a thigh lipoma involved by metastatic RCC without direct extension.Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare occurrence, with RCC typically being the most common "recipient" tumor. This is the first case to the best of our knowledge of RCC metastasizing to a lipoma, highlighting a rare phenomena in a patient with metastatic disease.

Details

ISSN :
21603251
Volume :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JBJS Case Connector
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2c219b3ea2e8cc8d6d55ebb96cb9b040
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.cc.22.00049