Exophytic Mass Around the Tip of the Nose: Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a predilection for metastatic spread, aggressive behavior. RCC is known for recurrence even after years of presentation. RCC has been linked to uncommon metastatic locations and unusual presenting symptoms from the disseminated illness. Common sites of metastasis inclu...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-03, Vol.14 (3), p.e23113
Main Authors: Randhawa, G S, Jb, Dharmesh, Kaur, Khushdeep
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Airway management
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Chemotherapy
General Surgery
Head & neck cancer
Illnesses
Kidney cancer
Mastectomy
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Nose
Oncology
Patients
Quality of life
Radiation therapy
Sinuses
Surgery
Thyroid gland
Tumors
Urology
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Summary:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a predilection for metastatic spread, aggressive behavior. RCC is known for recurrence even after years of presentation. RCC has been linked to uncommon metastatic locations and unusual presenting symptoms from the disseminated illness. Common sites of metastasis include the lungs, liver, bones, brain, and adrenal glands, and many case reports are explaining the ability of RCCs to occur almost anywhere in the body. This case report states the unusual site of recurrence of RCC metastatic spread around the tip of the nose as exophytic growth years following nephrectomy. No such case is reported in the literature. We submit this case to report its occurrence, emphasize the rarity, presentation, diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, as well as a review of the literature. Renal cell carcinoma is the third most common cause of distant head and neck metastases and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of rapidly growing head and neck lesions.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.23113