Approximately 20-30% of patients affected by renal cell carcinoma (RCC) present with metastatic disease, and 20% to 40% undergoing nephrectomy for clinically localized disease will develop metastases. A 53 years old female patient developed a left submandibular swelling. Four years before she experienced a left radical nephrectomy for a clear cell tumor and two years later right kidney was removed for a cancer having the same histologic subtype. In that circumstance duodenal pancreasectomy was required for infiltration of pancreatic gland. A sialoadenectomy has been performed and pathology demonstrated an intraglandular neoplasm with characteristics of a clear renal cell carcinoma. Although it is extremely rare, submandibular salivary gland may be a site of RCC metastasis. Diagnosis of metastatic disease for patients affected by submandibular swelling with a previous history of RCC should be always considered.

Melloni, C., Dispensa, N., Tuttolomondo, A., Melloni, G., Cordova, A. (2015). Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Submandibular Gland: A Rare Occurrence. ANAPLASTOLOGY, 4(3) [10.4172/2161-1173.1000151].

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Submandibular Gland: A Rare Occurrence

MELLONI, Carlo;DISPENSA, Nino;TUTTOLOMONDO, Adriana;CORDOVA, Adriana
2015-01-01

Abstract

Approximately 20-30% of patients affected by renal cell carcinoma (RCC) present with metastatic disease, and 20% to 40% undergoing nephrectomy for clinically localized disease will develop metastases. A 53 years old female patient developed a left submandibular swelling. Four years before she experienced a left radical nephrectomy for a clear cell tumor and two years later right kidney was removed for a cancer having the same histologic subtype. In that circumstance duodenal pancreasectomy was required for infiltration of pancreatic gland. A sialoadenectomy has been performed and pathology demonstrated an intraglandular neoplasm with characteristics of a clear renal cell carcinoma. Although it is extremely rare, submandibular salivary gland may be a site of RCC metastasis. Diagnosis of metastatic disease for patients affected by submandibular swelling with a previous history of RCC should be always considered.
2015
Melloni, C., Dispensa, N., Tuttolomondo, A., Melloni, G., Cordova, A. (2015). Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Submandibular Gland: A Rare Occurrence. ANAPLASTOLOGY, 4(3) [10.4172/2161-1173.1000151].
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