Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  1998 Apr;41(4):526-529.

A Case of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Submandibular Gland

• Ham HS
• Min HK
• Kim YB
• Park MS

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma takes up 85 per cent of primary malignant renal tumors. It frequently metastasizes to the adrenal gland, lung, bone, liver and nephrectomy site but rarely to the head and neck area. When metastasizes to head and neck area, it involves the gingiva, tongue, palate, parotid gland, uvula, mandible, and lip. When tumors are found in the salivary gland consisting of clear cells, it is impartant to carry out differential diagnosis of various primary tumors with clear cell and metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Patients' medical history, review of system, and pathologic findings would be helpful factors in the differential diagnosis. In this paper, we report on a case of renal cell carcinoma which had metastasized to the psubmandibular gland after a radical nephrectomy.

Keyword

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma; Submandibular gland; Clear cell

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Glands
Carcinoma, Renal Cell*
Diagnosis, Differential
Gingiva
Head
Lip
Liver
Lung
Mandible
Neck
Nephrectomy
Palate
Parotid Gland
Salivary Glands
Submandibular Gland*
Tongue
Uvula