Occult renal cell carcinoma presenting as carcinomatous polyarthritis

Carcinomatous polyarthritis (CP) is a rare paraneoplastic disorder which can be associated with various solid tumors and can even precede detection of the underlying malignancy. A 54-year-old male presented with migratory asymmetric inflammatory polyarthritis and high-grade fever for 6 months. On ev...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abdulla, Mansoor C., Narayan, Ram, Hamza, Hazwa K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5635676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_79_17
Descripción
Sumario:Carcinomatous polyarthritis (CP) is a rare paraneoplastic disorder which can be associated with various solid tumors and can even precede detection of the underlying malignancy. A 54-year-old male presented with migratory asymmetric inflammatory polyarthritis and high-grade fever for 6 months. On evaluation, he was diagnosed to have renal cell carcinoma (RCC). CP as an initial presentation of RCC was not described previously.

Ejemplares similares