We report on a patient who presented with cranial nerve VI bilateral paresis, absence of pharyngeal reflex, dysarthria, right tongue deviation, and right facial paralysis.
Imaging studies showed an expansive process in the cranial base with clivus and petrous apex osteolysis. A biopsy confirmed the presence of clear cell adenocarcinoma and suspicion of renal tumor metastases. Abdominal imaging studies revealed a mass in the right kidney. Consequently, radiotherapy was performed, and the patient was enrolled in a palliative care and pain control program.
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Sepúlveda I, Platin E, Klaassen R, Spencer ML, García C, Alarcón R, Ulloa D. Are you the author?
ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Service, General Hospital of Concepcion, Santiago, Chile; Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Finis Terrae University School of Dentistry, Santiago, Chile.
Reference: Case Rep Oncol. 2013 Aug 10;6(2):416-23.
doi: 10.1159/000354575
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24019781
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