Metastatic renal cell carcinoma involving Wharton's duct

A case report

Ficarra, Giuseppe MD
Pierleoni, Lucina DDS
Panzoni, Enrico MD

INSTITUTE OF STOMATOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE, AND HOSPITAL OF CAREGGI
^aAppointed Professor of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology.
^bResearch Fellow.
^cProfessor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Florence, Italy

Presented in part at the Clinical Pathologic Conference, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Colorado Springs, May 6-10, 1995.

Received for publication Aug. 30, 1995; returned for revision Sept. 30, 1995; accepted for publication Nov. 29, 1995.

Reprint requests: Giuseppe Ficarra, MD; Institute of Stomatology; Viale Morgagni 85; 50134 Florence; Italy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, & Endodontics 81(5):p 580-583, May 1996.

This article describes a case of renal cell carcinoma that metastasized to the right Wharton's duct of a 73-year-old man. Metastases of renal cell carcinoma to the oral tissues are rare. Involvement of salivary gland tissue appears to be exceedingly rare, and a metastatic focus localized only in the Wharton's duct never has been reported in the literature.