Sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma.

作者信息

Lakmichi Mohamed Amine, Jarir Redouane, Kabour Jamal, Dahami Zakaria, Said Moudouni Mohamed, Sarf Ismail

机构信息

Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Hospital Center Mohammed the VIth, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco.

出版信息

Pan Afr Med J. 2011;9:18. doi: 10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71193. Epub 2011 Jun 10.

Metastatic renal cell cancer is not exceptional in kidney cancer (30% of patients with kidneyl cancer). Its prognosis is particularly severe. However, sciatic neuralgia (sciatica) remains an exceptional revealing clinical sign of this disease. The authors report the case of a patient admitted with right sciatica as chief complain, leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma. Although uncommon, renal cell carcinoma spine metastasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of back pain and sciatica.