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CASE REPORT article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Genitourinary Oncology
Volume 14 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1461791
A rare case sharing of renal clear cell carcinoma with multiple skin metastases and review of the literature
Provisionally accepted- Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of primary renal cancer, and clear cell carcinoma is the most common subtype, accounting for approximately 70% of all adult renal cell carcinoma cases(1). At the time of diagnosis, many patients already have metastatic manifestations. Cutaneous metastasis of renal clear cell carcinoma is very rare, which usually represents a poor prognosis and mostly affects the head and neck. In this paper, we report a case of renal clear cell carcinoma with multiple cutaneous metastases, including a chest wall mass for more than ten years and an abdominal wall mass for one year. A 69-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus was admitted to the hospital for examination of a right chest and abdominal wall mass and peripheral pain, and ultrasonography suggested a solid space-occupying lesion in the left kidney, which was considered malignant, and a solid mass in the right chest and abdominal wall, which was considered metastatic. Subsequent abdominal CT scan showed malignant tumors in the left kidney and adrenal region, multiple metastatic tumors in the liver, pancreas, and right thoracoabdominal wall, and the abdomen.To clarify the nature of the pathology, an ultrasound-guided puncture of the right abdominal wall mass was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was clear cell carcinoma, with immunohistochemistry suggesting a renal clear cell carcinoma origin. The patient died within 6 months.
Keywords: Skin metastasis, Renal cell carcinoma, ultrasound, Survival, prognosis
Received: 09 Aug 2024; Accepted: 11 Nov 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Kang, Qu, Hongyan and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Yongcun Kang, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Xiaona Qu, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Zhou Hongyan, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Yang Li, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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