Osteoblastic bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma

Abstract

Background. RCC accounts for only 2-3% of all cancers. Due to its’ non-specific symptoms disease is often diagnosed in advanced stage. Disseminated RCC frequently produces bone metastases that are almost always highly destructive, hyper vascularized and purely osteolytic.

Keywords

• renal cell carcinoma
• osteoblastic bone metasatases