Sclerotic bone metastases from sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma

Skeletal Radiol. 1999 Oct;28(10):590-3. doi: 10.1007/s002560050625.

Abstract

We present a case of sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with multiple sclerotic skeletal metastatic lesions. Renal cell carcinoma is frequently metastatic at presentation, with a high incidence of skeletal involvement, classically described as osteolytic. However, sclerotic or osteoblastic metastatic skeletal lesions from renal cell carcinoma are rare, with only two previous reports identified in the literature, neither of which involved the sarcomatoid variant of renal cell carcinoma. In our case the sclerotic metastases were characterized by bone scan, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and histologic analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Sarcoma / secondary*
  • Sclerosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed