Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis

We present a 58-year-old gentleman who initially presented to the otolaryngology clinic with new onset epistaxis revealing a palpable facial mass that was subsequently biopsied revealing metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We hope to present an interesting case highlighting the rarity of this disease a...

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Autores principales: Allen, Amanda, Michals, Edward, Karo, Ammar, Loeffler, David M., Saran, Nitu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Head and Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6205054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.009
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author Allen, Amanda
Michals, Edward
Karo, Ammar
Loeffler, David M.
Saran, Nitu
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description We present a 58-year-old gentleman who initially presented to the otolaryngology clinic with new onset epistaxis revealing a palpable facial mass that was subsequently biopsied revealing metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We hope to present an interesting case highlighting the rarity of this disease and unusual presentation in which the presence of the primary renal cell carcinoma was recognized only after biopsy.
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spelling pubmed-62050542018-11-01 Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis Allen, Amanda Michals, Edward Karo, Ammar Loeffler, David M. Saran, Nitu Radiol Case Rep Head and Neck We present a 58-year-old gentleman who initially presented to the otolaryngology clinic with new onset epistaxis revealing a palpable facial mass that was subsequently biopsied revealing metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We hope to present an interesting case highlighting the rarity of this disease and unusual presentation in which the presence of the primary renal cell carcinoma was recognized only after biopsy. Elsevier 2018-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6205054/ /pubmed/30386450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.009 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Allen, Amanda
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Karo, Ammar
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Saran, Nitu
Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title_full Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title_fullStr Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title_full_unstemmed Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title_short Renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
title_sort renal cell carcinoma presenting as epistaxis from a nasal cavity metastasis
topic Head and Neck
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6205054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.009
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