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Review
. 2011:9:18.
doi: 10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71193. Epub 2011 Jun 10.

Sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma

Mohamed Amine Lakmichi  1 , Redouane Jarir, Jamal Kabour, Zakaria Dahami, Mohamed Said Moudouni, Ismail Sarf
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Sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma

Mohamed Amine Lakmichi et al. Pan Afr Med J. 2011.

Abstract

Metastatic renal cell cancer is not exceptional in kidney cancer (30% of patients with kidneyl cancer). Its prognosis is particularly severe. However, sciatic neuralgia (sciatica) remains an exceptional revealing clinical sign of this disease. The authors report the case of a patient admitted with right sciatica as chief complain, leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma. Although uncommon, renal cell carcinoma spine metastasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of back pain and sciatica.

Keywords: Renal carcinoma; cytoreductive nephrectomy; kidney cancer; metastatic renal cell cancer.

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Figure 1
TDM showing a right buttocks and iliac fossa mass with destruction of adjacent structures and invasion of the spinal canal in a patient who consulted for sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma
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Figure 2
TDM showing a right kidney mass in a patient who consulted for sciatica leading to the discovery of a renal cell carcinoma
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