Cavernous sinus syndrome due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma

We describe a 49-year-old woman with a history of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and classic signs and symptoms of left-sided cavernous sinus syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a lesion in the left cavernous sinus consistent with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The patient received radiat...

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Published in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 576 - 579
Main Authors:	SPELL, D. W, GERVAIS, D. S, ELLIS, J. K, VIAL, R. H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01-06-1998
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis Brain Neoplasms - radiotherapy Brain Neoplasms - secondary Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnosis Carcinoma, Renal Cell - radiotherapy Carcinoma, Renal Cell - secondary Cavernous Sinus - pathology Cranial Irradiation Female Humans Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis Kidney Neoplasms - radiotherapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurology Syndrome Treatment Outcome Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses Vascular Neoplasms - diagnosis Vascular Neoplasms - radiotherapy Vascular Neoplasms - secondary Kidney disease Human Cavernous sinus Nervous system diseases Urinary system disease Prognosis Etiopathogenesis Metastasis Malignant tumor Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging Kidney Case study Treatment Medical imagery Complication Female
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Summary:	We describe a 49-year-old woman with a history of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and classic signs and symptoms of left-sided cavernous sinus syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a lesion in the left cavernous sinus consistent with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The patient received radiation therapy totaling 4,600 cGy, with complete resolution of symptoms. This represents the first case report of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left cavernous sinus.
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ISSN:	0038-4348 1541-8243
DOI:	10.1097/00007611-199806000-00014