Metastatic renal cell carcinoma; vaginal bleeding as a presentation
Professional Medical Journal-Quarterly [The]. 2009; 16 (4): 603-605
in English
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| ID: emr-119634
ABSTRACT
Approximately 30% of patients with renal cell carcinoma present with metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the vagina is rare. A 61 year old female presented with a vaginal lesion which was excised and diagnosed as metastatic clear cell carcinoma. A workup further is done Radiological studies revealed a left renal mass; A subsequent nephrectomy confirmed renal cell carcinoma. Renal cell carcinoma must be in the differential diagnosis of a vaginal clear cell neoplasm in a postmenopausal woman
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Uterine Hemorrhage
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Vaginal Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell
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Kidney Neoplasms
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Professional Med. J.-Q
Year:
2009
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