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Rare case of renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the tongue
Article published in Urologia Polska 2001/54/4.

authors

Agnieszka Kołacińska, Wojciech Jabłkowski
Oddział Chirurgii Onkologicznej WSS im. M. Kopernika w Łodzi Ordynator: dr n. med. Zbigniew Morawiec

keywords

renal cell carcinoma, lingual metastasis

summary

Metastases to the tongue are very rare. A case of renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the tongue, occuring in a 74-year-old man, is presented. Previously reported cases of the metastatic lingual tumours have been reviewed since 1965.

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correspondence

Agnieszka Koltteińska
ni. Grola-lioweckiego 12:58
91-217 Lódż
e-mail; agako@friko3.onet.pl