Surgical resection as a curative intervention for solitary renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the nasal cavity

Caroline E Williams; Amir H Sohail; William Smithee; Jose Mercado; Stephen Reynolds

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjae224

Surgical resection as a curative intervention for solitary renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the nasal cavity

J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Apr 18;2024(4):rjae224. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae224. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Authors

Caroline E Williams¹, Amir H Sohail², William Smithee³, Jose Mercado³, Stephen Reynolds³

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery, UCF/HCA Pensacola, Pensacola, FL 32514, United States.
² Surgical Oncology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87102, United States.
³ Otolaryngology, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, FL 34471, United States.

Abstract

Persistent unilateral nasal obstruction with recurrent epistaxis in an adult should raise suspicion of malignancy. Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 90% of all renal malignancies but rarely manifests as a nasal mass. We describe a case of clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to the nasal cavity.

Keywords: atypical metastasis; clear cell renal cell carcinoma; nasal cavity metastasis.

Publication types

Case Reports