Clear cell renal cell carcinoma with vaginal and brain metastases: a case report and literature review

There are very few cases of clear cell renal cell carcinoma with metastases to the vagina and brain reported in the literature. Our case study highlights this rare clinical occurrence and its associated complications including pulmonary embolism. In addition we discuss current management guidelines...

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Autores principales: Momah, Tobe, Dhanan, Etwaru, Xiao, Phillip, Kondamudi, Vasantha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222254/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e16
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spelling pubmed-32222542011-12-19 Clear cell renal cell carcinoma with vaginal and brain metastases: a case report and literature review Momah, Tobe Dhanan, Etwaru Xiao, Phillip Kondamudi, Vasantha Hematol Rev Article There are very few cases of clear cell renal cell carcinoma with metastases to the vagina and brain reported in the literature. Our case study highlights this rare clinical occurrence and its associated complications including pulmonary embolism. In addition we discuss current management guidelines for treating and diagnosing the disease, and how this management improves prognosis. PAGEPress Publications 2009-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3222254/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e16 Text en ©Copyright T. Momah et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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title_short Clear cell renal cell carcinoma with vaginal and brain metastases: a case report and literature review
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