A histopathological study of renal cell carcinoma at a tertiary care hospital

Objectives: Oral Squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the oral cavity. The study was done with the aim to determine the clinical pattern of OSCC seen in tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. The frequency of neck metastasis in different staging of squamous cell carcinoma was also recorded. Study Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry. Period: June 2013- July 2016. Material & Methods: It included 35 males and 25 females which presented with different sites and stage of squamous cell carcinoma. Clinically patients were staged as stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV and comprised of 3, 8, 30 & 19 patients respectively. Patients presented with cancer of buccal mucosa (31 patients), retromolar region (12 patients), maxillary alveolus (8 patients), tongue (2 patients), floor of mouth (4 patients) & lip (3 patients). Right side was most common, 48 patients as compare to left side, 12 patients while lip cancers was in upper lip in all patients including commissure. Results: Total 60 patients were included in the study with the male to female ratio of 1.4:1. No significant association was seen between age and gender of the patient (p-value 0.933). Majority of patients were male involving buccal mucosa (51.67%) as the most frequently involved site followed by retromolar area (20%) and tongue (13.3%). Mean age of patients included in the study was 50.87 ± 5.53. Conclusion: Most of the cases of OSCC were seen in older patients with increased number of cases involving buccal mucosa as their primary site. Majority of the tumors were classified as stage III followed by Stage IV, Stage II and stage 1 respectively.

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Histopathological Study of Spectrum of Bone Lesions: An Experience at Tertiary Care Hospital

Indian Journal of Pathology Research and Practice ◽

10.21088/ijprp.2278.148x.7118.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 71-74

Author(s):

Babu Ukkadala P. ◽

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Manikanta V ◽

Keyword(s):

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Bone Lesions ◽

Histopathological Study ◽

Care Hospital

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Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Sinonasal Cavity: A Review and Report of 8 Cases

Ear Nose & Throat Journal ◽

10.1177/014556131809700902 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 97 (9) ◽

pp. E6-E12 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Pierre-Louis Bastier ◽

Dorothée Dunion ◽

Guillaume de Bonnecaze ◽

Elie Serrano ◽

Ludovic de Gabory

Keyword(s):

Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽

Overall Survival ◽

Cell Carcinoma ◽

Nasal Obstruction ◽

Survival Data ◽

Renal Cell ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Local Treatment ◽

Initial Presentation ◽

Local Response

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastatic in the sinonasal cavity is rare. In many cases, it represents the initial presentation of RCC. We conducted a retrospective chart review to report the clinical presentation, imaging, and treatment of RCC metastases in the sinonasal cavity at two tertiary care referral centers. Our population was made up of 8 patients—6 men and 2 women, aged 55 to 86 years (mean: 66.9; median: 63.5)—who had been diagnosed with cancer in the sinonasal cavity. The most common complaints were epistaxis, nasal obstruction, and diplopia. Cancers were located in the ethmoid sinus (n = 3), nasal cavity (n = 2), sphenoid sinus (n = 2), and maxillary sinus (n = 1). Local treatment involved resection and adjuvant radiotherapy in 4 patients, surgery alone in 2 patients, and radiotherapy alone in the other 2. The lesion was embolized before surgery in 4 cases. We also performed a critical review of similar published cases. Our literature review covered 53 cases of RCC metastatic to the sinonasal cavity, including ours. Metastases were the first presentation of RCC in 24 of these cases (45.3%); in our series, the metastases led to the diagnosis of the primary RCC in 3 cases (37.5%). In the 53 reported cases, metastatic resection was performed on 35 patients (66.0%). Survival data were available for 22 of these operated patients, and 17 of them achieved a complete local response. Adjunctive radiotherapy was not associated with a better local response. Overall survival was significantly better in patients who had an isolated metastasis rather than multiple metastases (p = 0.013). There was no difference in overall survival between patients whose metastasis represented the initial presentation of RCC and those whose metastasis did not (p = 0.95). We recommend that sinonasal metastasis be suspected in the event of unilateral nasal bleeding or nasal obstruction in patients diagnosed with RCC. Embolization may prevent abundant bleeding during removal. Surgery may improve the quality of life of these patients while decreasing nasal obstruction and bleeding.

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