Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Parotid Gland in the Setting of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Robert Deeb; Ziying Zhang; Tamer Ghanem

doi:10.1155/2012/265708

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2012)

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Parotid Gland in the Setting of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Robert Deeb,
Ziying Zhang,
Tamer Ghanem

Affiliations

Robert Deeb: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Ziying Zhang: Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Tamer Ghanem: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/265708
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is infamous for its unpredictable behavior and metastatic potential. We report a case of a patient with a complex history of multifocal renal cell carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), who subsequently developed a parotid mass. Total parotidectomy revealed this mass to be an additional site of metastasis which had developed 19 years after his initial diagnosis of RCC.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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