Sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma

Metastatic renal cell cancer is not exceptional in kidney cancer (30% of patients with kidneyl cancer). Its prognosis is particularly severe. However, sciatic neuralgia (sciatica) remains an exceptional revealing clinical sign of this disease. The authors report the case of a patient admitted with r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Amine Lakmichi, Mohamed, Jarir, Redouane, Kabour, Jamal, Dahami, Zakaria, Said Moudouni, Mohamed, Sarf, Ismail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22355428
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Sumario:Metastatic renal cell cancer is not exceptional in kidney cancer (30% of patients with kidneyl cancer). Its prognosis is particularly severe. However, sciatic neuralgia (sciatica) remains an exceptional revealing clinical sign of this disease. The authors report the case of a patient admitted with right sciatica as chief complain, leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma. Although uncommon, renal cell carcinoma spine metastasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of back pain and sciatica.

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