Differential Diagnosis Between Oral Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Salivary Gland Cancer

Overview

Journal Diagnostics (Basel)

Specialty Radiology

Date 2021 Apr 3

PMID 33809250

Citations 5

Authors

Yoshihiro Morita

Kana Kashima

Mao Suzuki

Hiroko Kinosada

Akari Teramoto

Yuka Matsumiya

Narikazu Uzawa

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Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma, which has clear cells in 70% of cases, has a high frequency of hematogenous distant metastases to lung, bone, liver, and other areas. Metastatic cancer accounts for 1 to 3% of malignant tumors in the stomatognathic region, and the metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the oral mucosal tissue, though extremely rare, does occur. In addition, clear cells have been observed in some salivary gland cancers in the oral cavity. Therefore, the differential diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and salivary gland cancer is important. This review discusses the differential diagnosis between metastatic renal cell carcinoma and malignant tumors of the salivary gland.

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