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CT and MR imaging of laryngeal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A case report
- Source :
- Radiology Case Reports, Vol 16, Iss 12, Pp 3927-3930 (2021), Radiology Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2021.
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Abstract
- Laryngeal metastasis is an extremely rare condition. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no previous report on a laryngeal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma, which describes on details of the CT and MR imaging findings. A male patient in his 80s. Laryngoscopy revealed reddish-colored masses in the right false vocal cord and in the subglottic larynx. CT and MR imaging of this case showed multiple hypervascularized lesions with a wash-out effect in the supra and subglottis of the larynx and in the right intervertebral foramen of the cervical spine. Angiography revealed a hypervascular tumor consistent with the subglottic lesion. The histopathology and immunohistochemistry findings were compatible with laryngeal metastasis from renal clear cell carcinoma. A history of postoperative renal clear cell carcinoma about 7 years ago was later confirmed, which was not stated at the time of the initial imaging evaluation. It is a possible differential diagnosis in cases of multiple hypervascular masses in the head and neck region with a history of renal carcinoma. In particular, if the contrast-enhancement pattern of the lesion on the dynamic CT is similar to that of renal cell carcinoma. It is also important to reconfirm the patient's medical history, including postoperative status.
- Subjects :
- Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Laryngoscopy
Renal Cell Carcinoma
R895-920
Case Report
medicine.disease
Metastasis
Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Laryngeal Metastasis
Renal cell carcinoma
Angiography
medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
Subglottis
business
Intervertebral foramen
CT
MRI
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19300433
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiology Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d3fa2cde93c72db210974935f60258b2