Massaccesi Mariangela, Morganti Alessio G, Serafini Giovanni, Di Lallo Alessandra, Deodato Francesco, Picardi Vincenzo, Scambia Giovanni
Department of Radiation Oncology, John Paul II Center for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Agostino Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Tumori. 2009 Jul-Aug;95(4):521-4. doi: 10.1177/030089160909500420.
The occurrence of renal carcinoma metastasis to the head and neck region is extremely rare. Some authors have reported metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the parotid glands, nose and paranasal sinus, tongue, larynx, thyroid and palatine tonsil. In this report we describe a rare case of renal cell cancer metastasized to the right tonsil in a 76-year-old man with previously diagnosed bone and lung metastases. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented example of radiotherapy treatment in this type of presentation. Radiotherapy was effective in treating the lesion with satisfactory functional results.
肾癌转移至头颈部极为罕见。一些作者报道过肾细胞癌转移至腮腺、鼻及鼻窦、舌、喉、甲状腺和腭扁桃体。在本报告中，我们描述了一例76岁男性肾细胞癌转移至右侧扁桃体的罕见病例，该患者此前已诊断出骨转移和肺转移。据我们所知，这是此类病例中首例有文献记载的放疗治疗案例。放疗有效治疗了该病变，功能结果令人满意。
