Renal cell carcinoma is a common cancer, known for its aggressive behavior and ability to metastasize nearly every organ system in the body. While the cancer commonly spreads to a select few organs and metastasis usually develops within 5 years of diagnosis, there have been numerous case reports of atypical sites of metastasis and cases of relapse up to decades after treatment. We present a case a 65-year-old male who presented with right preauricular swelling 8 years after the initial diagnosis and right nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell cancer. We take a look at previous case reports with similar presentations.
Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives. 2016 Sep 07*** epublish ***
Faiz Hussain, Nina Yedavalli, David Loeffler, Andre Kajdacsy-Balla
Internal Medicine Residency Program, West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, IL, USA; ., Section of Hematology Oncology, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, USA., Department of Pathology, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, USA., Transdisciplinary Pathology, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, USA.