Chronic Headache as the First Symptom of an Undiagnosed Renal Cell Carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an uncommon tumor that rarely metastasizes primarily to the brain. Brain metastases are commonly observed in patients with metastatic RCC, with a reported incidence of 2–17%. The prognosis of brain metastatic RCC is poor. In this carcinoma type, the source is commonly e...

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Autores principales: Moslemi, Mohammad Kazem, Abedinzadeh, Mehdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: December, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22220153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000335217
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Sumario:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an uncommon tumor that rarely metastasizes primarily to the brain. Brain metastases are commonly observed in patients with metastatic RCC, with a reported incidence of 2–17%. The prognosis of brain metastatic RCC is poor. In this carcinoma type, the source is commonly evident. We report a case of a patient with undiagnosed incidental RCC, who presented chronic headache as the first manifestation.

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