Endoscopic Management of Unusual Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Sinonasal Area

Mohammad Shayani Nasab; Mohammad Jafari; Seyed Habibollah Mosavi Bahar; Hamid Shayani Nasab

Acta Medica Iranica (Oct 2009)

Endoscopic Management of Unusual Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Sinonasal Area

Mohammad Shayani Nasab,
Mohammad Jafari,
Seyed Habibollah Mosavi Bahar,
Hamid Shayani Nasab

Affiliations

Mohammad Shayani Nasab: Department Otolaryngology, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mohammad Jafari: Department Pathology, Ekbatan Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Seyed Habibollah Mosavi Bahar: Department Urology, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Hamid Shayani Nasab: Department Urology, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 47, no. 5

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Metastatic tumors in the nose and paranasal sinuses are infrequent. The origin of this metastatic tumors are often renal cell carcinoma. We present one case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the nose and paranasal sinuses ,4 years after initial nephrectomy and diagnosis of stage T1N0M0 clear cell carcinoma. The patient complained of nasal obstruction and recurrent epistaxis who was treated with endoscopic sinus surgery and was successfully palliated after one year.

Published in Acta Medica Iranica

ISSN: 0044-6025 (Print); 1735-9694 (Online)
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://acta.tums.ac.ir/

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