An Unusual case of frontoparietal swelling in elder female: Diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology
Keywords:
Renal cell carcinoma, skull metastasis, Cytology,
Abstract
A solitary skull metastasis of renal cell carcinoma as an initial presentation is a very rare event. The most common sites for metastasis are lung, bone, liver and adrenal glands. Fine needle aspiration is a simple non-invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing skull lesions. Here we are reporting a case of 64 years old female presenting with skull swelling. Fine needle aspiration was done from the lesion and reported as metastasis of renal cell carcinoma on cytology . In this case report we are highlighting the importance of cytology in diagnosing metastasis from unknown primary tumor.References
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2. Pantuck AJ, Zisman A , Belldegnm A S. The changing naturalhistory of renal cell carcinoma, J Urol 2001;166:1611-23.
3. Bennington JL, Beckwiht JB.1975.Tumours of the kidney, Renal pelvis and Ureter. In Atlas of Tumor Pathology, 2nd series. Washington DC Armed Forces Institute of Pathology,93-199.
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5. Pilotti S, Rilke F, Alasio L et al. The role of fine needle aspiration in the assessment of renal masses. Acta Cytol.1988;32(1):1-10.
6. Wan Muhaizan, Wan Mustaffa and Sharifah Noor Akmal Syed Husain. Med & Health 2006;1(1):75-80.
7. Fuhrman SA, Lasky LC, Limas C.Prognostic significance of morphologic parametersin renal cell carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol.1982;6(7):655-663.
8. Madelyn Lew,Wen Chi Foo,Michael H.Roh. Diagnosis of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma on Fine- Needle Aspiration Cytology.2014;138:1278-1285.
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2016-09-13
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