Abdulla Mansoor C, Narayan Ram, Hamza Hazwa K
Department of General Medicine, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India.
Department of Pathology, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India.
Indian J Urol. 2017 Oct-Dec;33(4):323-324. doi: 10.4103/iju.IJU_79_17.
Carcinomatous polyarthritis (CP) is a rare paraneoplastic disorder which can be associated with various solid tumors and can even precede detection of the underlying malignancy. A 54-year-old male presented with migratory asymmetric inflammatory polyarthritis and high-grade fever for 6 months. On evaluation, he was diagnosed to have renal cell carcinoma (RCC). CP as an initial presentation of RCC was not described previously.