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Renal Cell carcinoma with metastases to Thyroid Gland and Parotid Gland: A Case report and Review of the Literature

Yüksel KÜÇÜKZEYBEK¹, Gürbüz GÖRÜMLܹ, Ercüment CENGİZ¹, Burçak KARACA¹, Çiğdem ERTEN¹, M. Kemal GÜL¹, Yeşim ERTAN², Bülent KARABULUT<sup>1

1</sup>Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Medikal Onkoloji Bilim Dalı, İZMİR
²Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR

Keywords: Renal cell carcinoma, Thyroid gland metastases, Parotid gland metastases, Von Hippel Lindau disease

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Renal cell cancer accounts for 2% of all cancers. Unexpected tissue and organ metastases can be detected in patients with renal cell cancer. Renal cell cancer can be diagnosed in patients with Von Hippel Lindau(VHL) disease. In the literature there is no report of synchronous parotid gland metastases and thyroid gland metastases in same patient. In this case report, a rare case of clinically considered VHL disease with bilateral renal cell carcinoma and synchronous thyroid gland and parotid gland metastases is described.

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